HMM Summary Page: TIGR00498

AccessionTIGR00498
NamelexA
Functionrepressor LexA
Gene SymbollexA
Trusted Cutoff110.95
Domain Trusted Cutoff110.95
Noise Cutoff96.00
Domain Noise Cutoff96.00
Isology Typeequivalog
EC Number3.4.21.88
HMM Length203
Mainrole CategoryDNA metabolism
Subrole CategoryDNA replication, recombination, and repair
Gene Ontology TermGO:0006282: regulation of DNA repair biological_process
GO:0006355: regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent biological_process
GO:0008992: repressor LexA activity molecular_function
AuthorAnolik RT, Richardson DL
Entry DateApr 20 1999 2:08PM
Last ModifiedFeb 14 2011 3:27PM
CommentLexA acts as a homodimer to repress a number of genes involved in the response to DNA damage (SOS response), including itself and RecA. RecA, in the presence of single-stranded DNA, acts as a co-protease to activate a latent autolytic protease activity (EC 3.4.21.88) of LexA, where the active site Ser is part of LexA. The autolytic cleavage site is an Ala-Gly bond in LexA (at position 84-85 in E. coli LexA; this sequence is replaced by Gly-Gly in Synechocystis). The cleavage leads to derepression of the SOS regulon and eventually to DNA repair. LexA in Bacillus subtilis is called DinR. LexA is much less broadly distributed than RecA.
ReferencesSE TIGR RN [1] RM 8798618 RT 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. RA Harmon FG, Rehrauer WM, Kowalczykowski SC. RL J Biol Chem. 1996 Sep 27;271(39):23874-83. RN [2] RM 9555905 RT The Bacillus subtilis DinR binding site: redefinition of the consensus sequence. RA Winterling KW, Chafin D, Hayes JJ, Sun J, Levine AS, Yasbin RE, Woodgate R. RL J Bacteriol. 1998 Apr;180(8):2201-11. DR HAMAP; MF_00015; 326 of 332
Genome PropertyGenProp0215: SOS response (HMM)