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Gene Report : lexA
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Edition. ASM Press. 1996
Neidhart, F.C.
     Deletion OCR12 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  lexA
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  lexA   Search strains by all related name:  lexA b4043 ECK4035 exrA JW4003 o202b spr tsl umuA

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name lexA  
 Alternative name b4043,ECK4035,exrA,JW4003,o202b,spr,tsl,umuA  
 Location, Length 4,255,138 - 4,255,746 (  +  ) ;   91.71 min ; 609 (bp) ,   202 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product DNA-binding transcriptional repressor of SOS regulon  
 Operon Name lexA-dinF  
 Note regulator for SOS(lexA) regulon; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_function: GO:0016564 - transcription repressor activity; GO_process: GO:0006281 - DNA repair; GO_process: GO:0006350 - transcription; GO_process: GO:0009432 - SOS response  
 Function regulator; Global regulatory functions  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003677 ; DNA binding ( lexA )
GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( lexA )
GO:0005886 ; plasma membrane ( spr )
GO:0006260 ; DNA replication ( lexA )
GO:0006281 ; DNA repair ( lexA )
GO:0006350 ; transcription ( lexA )
GO:0006355 ; regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent ( lexA )
GO:0006508 ; proteolysis ( lexA )
GO:0006974 ; response to DNA damage stimulus ( lexA )
GO:0008992 ; repressor LexA activity ( lexA )
GO:0009432 ; SOS response ( lexA )
GO:0016020 ; membrane ( spr )
GO:0016787 ; hydrolase activity ( lexA )
GO:0045449 ; regulation of transcription ( lexA )
GO:0045892 ; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent ( lexA )
 PID 1790476  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
3.4.21.88  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 1 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) LEXA_ECOLI ( P03033 )
    -  Protein name LexA repressor  
    -  Synonyms EC 3.4.21.88  
    -  Gene name OrderedLocusNames=b4043, c5014, z5642, ECs5026, SF4162, S3569;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   4245.0  –  4270.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP spr (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )   lexA (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Lexa S119a Mutant  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST LexA repressor  
         PSI-BLAST LexA repressor
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST LexA [unidentified cloning vector]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG1974KT 
    EcoCyc lexA 

MMBR References
J Biol Chem. 1996;271:23874-23883
Interaction of Escherichia coli RecA protein with LexA repressor. II. Inhibition of DNA strand exchange by the uncleavable LexA S119A repressor argues that recombination and SOS induction are competitive processes.
Harmon, F. G., W. M. Rehrauer, and S. C. Kowalczykowski.
J Bacteriol. 1997;179:1931-1939
sfi-independent filamentation in Escherichia coli is lexA dependent and requires DNA damage for induction.
Hill, T. M., B. Sharma, M. Valjavec-Gratian, and J. Smith.
Cell. 1981;23(3):689-97.
Nucleotide sequence of the lexA gene of E. coli.
Horii T, Ogawa T, Ogawa H. ( 7013987 )
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981;78:4199-4203
Purified lexA protein is a repressor of the recA and lexA genes.
Little, J. W., D. W. Mount, and C. R. Yanisch-Perron.
Gene. 1980;10(3):237-47.
Isolation of recombinant plasmids and phage carrying the lexA gene of Escherichia coli K-12.
Little JW. ( 6254842 )
Nucleic Acids Res. 1981;9:4149-4161
Nucleotide sequence of the lexA gene of Escherichia coli K-12.
Markham, B. E., J. W. Little, and D. W. Mount.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1981;9:529-543
Organization of the lexA gene of Escherichia coli and nucleotide sequence of the regulatory region.
Miki, T., Y. Ebina, F. Kishi, and A. Nakazawa.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996;93:11528-11533
Mutant LexA proteins with specific defects in autodigestion.
Shepley, D. P., and J. W. Little.
Gene. 1982;18(1):77-85.
Effect of lexA and ssb genes, present on a uvrA recombinant plasmid, on the UV survival of Escherichia coli K-12.
Brandsma JA, Stoorvogel J, van Sluis CA, van de Putte P. ( 6286420 )
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980;77:1932-1936
The lexA gene product represses its own promoter.
Brent, R., and M. Ptashne.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981;78:4204-4208
Mechanism of action of the lexA gene product.
Brent, R., and M. Ptashne.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MKALTARQQE VFDLIRDHIS QTGMPPTRAE IAQRLGFRSP NAAEEHLKAL ARKGVIEIVS GASRGIRLLQ 
0071 EEEEGLPLVG RVAAGEPLLA QQHIEGHYQV DPSLFKPNAD FLLRVSGMSM KDIGIMDGDL LAVHKTQDVR 
0141 NGQVVVARID DEVTVKRLKK QGNKVELLPE NSEFKPIVVD LRQQSFTIEG LAVGVIRNGD WL

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             AATTCGATAA ATCTCTGGTT TATTGTGCAG 
-070 TTTATGGTTC CAAAATCGCC TTTTGCTGTA TATACTCACA GCATAACTGT ATATACACCC AGGGGGCGGA 
0001 atgaaagcgt taacggccag gcaacaagag gtgtttgatc tcatccgtga tcacatcagc cagacaggta 
0071 tgccgccgac gcgtgcggaa atcgcgcagc gtttggggtt ccgttcccca aacgcggctg aagaacatct 
0141 gaaggcgctg gcacgcaaag gcgttattga aattgtttcc ggcgcatcac gcgggattcg tctgttgcag 
0211 gaagaggaag aagggttgcc gctggtaggt cgtgtggctg ccggtgaacc acttctggcg caacagcata 
0281 ttgaaggtca ttatcaggtc gatccttcct tattcaagcc gaatgctgat ttcctgctgc gcgtcagcgg 
0351 gatgtcgatg aaagatatcg gcattatgga tggtgacttg ctggcagtgc ataaaactca ggatgtacgt 
0421 aacggtcagg tcgttgtcgc acgtattgat gacgaagtta ccgttaagcg cctgaaaaaa cagggcaata 
0491 aagtcgaact gttgccagaa aatagcgagt ttaaaccaat tgtcgttgac cttcgtcagc agagcttcac 
0561 cattgaaggg ctggcggttg gggttattcg caacggcgac tggctgtaaC ATATCTCTGA GACCGCGATG 
0631 CCGCCTGGCG TCGCGGTTTG TTTTTCATCT CTCTTCATCA GGCTTGTCTG CATGGCATTC CTCACTTCAT 
0701 CTGATAAAG