MrgA

• Description: MrgA forms highly stable, multimeric protein-DNA complexes which protect against oxidative killing
  
  

Gene name	mrgA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	DNA-binding stress protein
Function	protection against oxidative stress
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	17 kDa, 4.597
Gene length, protein length	459 bp, 153 aa
Immediate neighbours	yusZ, htrB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU32990

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: dps family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2CHP

• Swiss prot entry: P37960

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the absence of hydrogen peroxide (PerR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PerR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed