YtvA

• Description: positive regulation of SigB activity under conditions of blue light
  
  

Gene name	ytvA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	blue light receptor, flavoprotein
Function	control of SigB activity
MW, pI	29 kDa, 4.69
Gene length, protein length	783 bp, 261 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytvB, yttB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30340

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): RsbR, RsbRB, RsbRC, RsbRD, YtvA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2PR5 (dark), 2PR6 (light)

• Swiss prot entry: O34627

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Chet Price, Davis, USA homepage

References

Noriko Suzuki, Naoki Takaya, Takayuki Hoshino, Akira Nakamura
Enhancement of a sigma(B)-dependent stress response in Bacillus subtilis by light via YtvA photoreceptor.
J Gen Appl Microbiol: 2007, 53(2);81-8
[PubMed:17575448] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tatiana A Gaidenko, Tae-Jong Kim, Andrea L Weigel, Margaret S Brody, Chester W Price
The blue-light receptor YtvA acts in the environmental stress signaling pathway of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(17);6387-95
[PubMed:16923906] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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