Regulated Operon: lytABC

Genes
Genes Synonyms Direction Genome position Function COG ID Genus clusters
lytA lppX - 3661819..3662127 membrane bound lipoprotein
 
lytB cwbA - 3659678..3661795 modifier protein of major autolysin LytC (CWBP76) COG2385  
lytC cwlB - 3658149..3659639 N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase (major autolysin) (CWBP49) COG0860  

Operon evidence: Northern blotting (4.1 kb transcript measured by Kuroda; 4.0 kb transcript measured by Serizawa)
Reference: Lazarevic V, et al. (1992), Kuroda A & Sekiguchi J (1993), Serizawa M, et al. (2005), Genbank M87645
Comments: Shorter transcripts were also detected.


Promoters

Binding
factor
Regulation Location Absolute position Binding seq.(cis-element) Experimental evidence
LytR Negative ND ND ND Lazarevic V, et al. (1992): DB
Serizawa M, et al. (2005): RG
SigA Promoter -39:+7 3662154..3662199 AGTTTCATTGTTTCTTAATTTTTCTTTAAAATATAAAATAGGTTGA Lazarevic V, et al. (1992): PE
SigD Promoter -42:+7 3662133..3662181 TTTTTCTTTAAAATATAAAATAGGTTGACGATAAAATATAATGAGGTGA Lazarevic V, et al. (1992): PE DB
Kuroda A & Sekiguchi J (1993): PE RG
YvrH Negative ND ND ND Serizawa M, et al. (2005): NB DB AR RG

Terminator

Terminator sequence Absolute position Position from stop codon Free energy
[kcal/mol]
Downstream of
CGAAAGAGACAAATCTAATCACAGATTTGTCTCTTTTTTATATGAAAT
     >>>>>>>>>>>      <<<<<<<<<<<
3658115..3658142
7..34
-16.7
lytC

Overview



Upper Region






Copyright: Human Genome Center, Inst. Med. Sci., Univ. Tokyo; 1999-2006
Contact: Kenta Nakai