YfkM

• Description: glyoxalase III-like enzyme, general stress protein, survival of salt, paraquat and ethanol stresses
  
  

Gene name	yfkM
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	glyoxalase III-like enzyme
Function	detoxification of methylglyoxal
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yfkM
MW, pI	18 kDa, 4.722
Gene length, protein length	516 bp, 172 aa
Immediate neighbours	yfkN, yfkL
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Fur regulon, SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU07850

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • methylglyoxal --> D-lactate PubMed

• Protein family: PfpI endopeptidase domain (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YraA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Interactions:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P80876

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yfkM PubMed

• Expression browser: yfkM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed
  • induced upon iron starvation (Fur) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Fur: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Pete Chandrangsu, Renata Dusi, Chris J Hamilton, John D Helmann
Methylglyoxal resistance in Bacillus subtilis: contributions of bacillithiol-dependent and independent pathways.
Mol Microbiol: 2014, 91(4);706-15
[PubMed:24330391] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Alexander Reder, Dirk Höper, Ulf Gerth, Michael Hecker
Contributions of individual σB-dependent general stress genes to oxidative stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2012, 194(14);3601-10
[PubMed:22582280] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Dirk Höper, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
Comprehensive characterization of the contribution of individual SigB-dependent general stress genes to stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(8);2810-26
[PubMed:15805528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Noel Baichoo, Tao Wang, Rick Ye, John D Helmann
Global analysis of the Bacillus subtilis Fur regulon and the iron starvation stimulon.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 45(6);1613-29
[PubMed:12354229] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Anja Petersohn, Haike Antelmann, Ulf Gerth, Michael Hecker
Identification and transcriptional analysis of new members of the sigmaB regulon in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1999, 145 ( Pt 4);869-880
[PubMed:10220166] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)