LexA

• Description: transcriptional repressor of the SOS regulon
  
  

Gene name	lexA
Synonyms	dinR
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional repressor of the SOS regulon
Function	regulation of DNA damage repair
MW, pI	22 kDa, 5.155
Gene length, protein length	615 bp, 205 aa
Immediate neighbours	fosB, yneA
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

• Operon: lexA

• Sigma factor: sigB PubMed

• Regulation: autoregulation by LexA PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: autorepression

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed