GalK

• Description: galactokinase
  
  

Gene name	galK
Synonyms	ipa-35d
Essential	no
Product	galactokinase
Function	galactose utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	43 kDa, 5.148
Gene length, protein length	1170 bp, 390 aa
Immediate neighbours	galT, gtaC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38200

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + D-galactose = ADP + alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: GalK subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39574

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.6

Expression and regulation

• Operon: galK-galT

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: