Gene Review:
recX - regulatory protein for RecA
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Synonyms:
ECK2693, JW2668, oraA
- Escherichia coli RecX inhibits RecA recombinase and coprotease activities in vitro and in vivo. Stohl, E.A., Brockman, J.P., Burkle, K.L., Morimatsu, K., Kowalczykowski, S.C., Seifert, H.S. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- The recX gene potentiates homologous recombination in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Stohl, E.A., Seifert, H.S. Mol. Microbiol. (2001)
- RecX protein abrogates ATP hydrolysis and strand exchange promoted by RecA: insights into negative regulation of homologous recombination. Venkatesh, R., Ganesh, N., Guhan, N., Reddy, M.S., Chandrasekhar, T., Muniyappa, K. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2002)
- DinI and RecX modulate RecA-DNA structures in Escherichia coli K-12. Renzette, N., Gumlaw, N., Sandler, S.J. Mol. Microbiol. (2007)
- recX, a new SOS gene that is co-transcribed with the recA gene in Escherichia coli. Pagès, V., Koffel-Schwartz, N., Fuchs, R.P. DNA Repair (Amst.) (2003)