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Gene Review:

xanA - phosphoglucomutase

Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris str. ATCC 33913

Köplin, R. et al., Steinmann, D. et al.

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Disease relevance of xanA

The nucleotide sequence of a 3.4-kb EcoRI-PstI DNA fragment of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris revealed two open reading frames, which were designated xanA and xanB [1].

High impact information on xanA

Genetics of xanthan production in Xanthomonas campestris: the xanA and xanB genes are involved in UDP-glucose and GDP-mannose biosynthesis [1].
Specific tests for the activities of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of UDP-glucose and GDP-mannose indicated that the xanA gene product was involved in the biosynthesis of both glucose 1-phosphate and mannose 1-phosphate [1].

Biological context of xanA

A 2.1-kb SmaI-EcoRI DNA fragment upstream of the xanA and xanB genes of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris carries two ORFs encoding putative proteins with sequence similarities to the alpha- and beta-subunits of 3-oxoacid-CoA transferases [2].

Other interactions of xanA

The genes xanA and xanB encode proteins of 448 amino acids (molecular weight of 48,919) and 466 amino acids (molecular weight of 50,873), respectively [1].

References

Genetics of xanthan production in Xanthomonas campestris: the xanA and xanB genes are involved in UDP-glucose and GDP-mannose biosynthesis. Köplin, R., Arnold, W., Hötte, B., Simon, R., Wang, G., Pühler, A. J. Bacteriol. (1992) [Pubmed]
Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris lpsI and lpsJ genes encoding putative proteins with sequence similarity to the alpha- and beta-subunits of 3-oxoacid CoA-transferases are involved in LPS biosynthesis. Steinmann, D., Köplin, R., Pühler, A., Niehaus, K. Arch. Microbiol. (1997) [Pubmed]

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