LutA
- Description: lactate catabolic enzyme
| Gene name | lutA |
| Synonyms | yvfV |
| Essential | no |
| Product | lactate oxidase |
| Function | lactate utilization |
| Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism | |
| MW, pI | 26 kDa, 6.25 |
| Gene length, protein length | 714 bp, 238 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | lutB, yvfU |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU34050
Phenotypes of a mutant
no growth with lactate as the single carbon source PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: oxidation of lactate to pyruvate PubMed
- Protein family:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization:
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry:
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Sigma factor:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage
Your additional remarks
References
Yunrong Chai, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A widely conserved gene cluster required for lactate utilization in Bacillus subtilis and its involvement in biofilm formation.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(8);2423-30
[PubMed:19201793]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Frances Chu, Daniel B Kearns, Steven S Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
Targets of the master regulator of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 59(4);1216-28
[PubMed:16430695]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
