In the presence of single-stranded DNA, the recA protein interacts with lexA causing an autocatalytic cleavage which disrupts the DNA-binding part of lexA, leading to derepression of the SOS regulon and eventually DNA repair.
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Belongs to peptidase family S24.,
In the presence of single-stranded DNA, the recA protein interacts with lexA causing an autocatalytic cleavage which disrupts the DNA-binding part of lexA, leading to derepression of the SOS regulon and eventually DNA repair.,
The activity was previously attributed to the recA protein (formerly EC 3.4.99.37).
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| uniprot:name |
Repressor lexA
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| uniprot:activity |
Hydrolysis of Ala-|-Gly bond in repressor lexA.
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