GlxA

• Description: glyoxalase I
  
  

Gene name	glxA
Synonyms	ipa-18r, ywbC
Essential	no
Product	glyoxalase I
Function	detoxification of methylglyoxal
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: glxA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: glxA
MW, pI	14 kDa, 4.429
Gene length, protein length	378 bp, 126 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywbD, ywbB
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38370

Phenotypes of a mutant

• increased sensitivity to methylglyoxal PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • methylglyoxal + BSH --> S-lactoyl-bacillithiol (BSH) PubMed

• Protein family: glyoxalase I family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39586

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: glxA PubMed

• Expression browser: glxA PubMed

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Pete Chandrangsu, Renata Dusi, Chris J Hamilton, John D Helmann
Methylglyoxal resistance in Bacillus subtilis: contributions of bacillithiol-dependent and independent pathways.
Mol Microbiol: 2014, 91(4);706-15
[PubMed:24330391] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

E Presecan, I Moszer, L Boursier, H Cruz Ramos, V de la Fuente, M-F Hullo, C Lelong, S Schleich, A Sekowska, B H Song, G Villani, F Kunst, A Danchin, P Glaser
The Bacillus subtilis genome from gerBC (311 degrees) to licR (334 degrees).
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 10);3313-3328
[PubMed:9353933] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)