YxaB
- Description: general stress protein, putative exopolysaccaride synthase, important for biofilm formation
| Gene name | yxaB |
| Synonyms | |
| Essential | no |
| Product | putative exopolysaccaride synthase |
| Function | biofilm formation, survival of salt and ethanol stress |
| MW, pI | 39 kDa, 4.525 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1029 bp, 343 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | yxaC, yxaA |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU40030
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: polysaccharide pyruvyl transferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- 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: P42101
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
