YxeM

• Description: putative cysteine ABC transporter (binding protein)
  
  

Gene name	yxeM
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	putative cysteine ABC transporter (binding protein)
Function	uptake of cysteine
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yxeM
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: YxeM
MW, pI	29 kDa, 9.086
Gene length, protein length	792 bp, 264 aa
Immediate neighbours	yxeN, yxeL
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CymR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU39500

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: bacterial solute-binding protein 3 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • YxeO-YxeN-YxeM PubMed

• Localization: associated to the membrane (via YxeN) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54952

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yxeK-yxeL-yxeM-yxeN-yxeO-yxeP-yxeQ PubMed

• Expression browser: yxeM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of cysteine (CymR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CymR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the amount of the mRNA is substantially decreased upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • 1A950 ( yxeM::cat), PubMed, available at BGSC

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Lehnik-Habrink M, Schaffer M, Mäder U, Diethmaier C, Herzberg C, Stülke J  
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y. 
Mol Microbiol. 2011 81(6): 1459-1473. 
PubMed:21815947

Sergine Even, Pierre Burguière, Sandrine Auger, Olga Soutourina, Antoine Danchin, Isabelle Martin-Verstraete
Global control of cysteine metabolism by CymR in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(6);2184-97
[PubMed:16513748] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Sandrine Auger, Antoine Danchin, Isabelle Martin-Verstraete
Global expression profile of Bacillus subtilis grown in the presence of sulfate or methionine.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(18);5179-86
[PubMed:12193636] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Izumi Ishio, Eishi Nagakawa, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Mami Yamamoto, Yasutaro Fujita
Systematic study of gene expression and transcription organization in the gntZ-ywaA region of the Bacillus subtilis genome.
Microbiology (Reading): 2000, 146 ( Pt 3);573-579
[PubMed:10746760] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)