BdbD

• Description: thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase, required for the formation of thiol disulfide bonds in several proteins
  
  

Gene name	bdbD
Synonyms	yvgV
Essential	no
Product	thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase
Function	oxidative folding of proteins
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: bdbD
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: BdbD
MW, pI	24 kDa, 5.089
Gene length, protein length	666 bp, 222 aa
Immediate neighbours	bdbC, cadA
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

genetic competence, chaperones/ protein folding, sporulation proteins, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComK regulon, SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33480

Phenotypes of a mutant

• loss of transformability PubMed
• sensitive to osmotic shock PubMed
• several proteins are absent from the membrane proteome of a bdbC-bdbD mutant: PubMed
  • the membrane proteins BglP, TcyP, SipU, LytA, and YxaI PubMed
  • the cytoplasmic or membrane-associated proteins GlkX, ProA, PyrAA, PyrAB, PyrH, PyrE, PyrF, DegS, YbxA PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU33480

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • formation of thiol disulfide bonds in ComEC and ComGC (together with BdbC) PubMed

• Protein family: DsbA subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): Ca (2+) PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: membrane, faced to the outer side of the membrane PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU33480

• Structure: 3EU3 (reduced form), 3EU4 (oxidized form) PubMed

• UniProt: O32218

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: bdbD-bdbC PubMed

• Expression browser: bdbD PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComK: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:
  • number of protein molecules per cell (minimal medium with glucose and ammonium): 127 PubMed
  • number of protein molecules per cell (complex medium with amino acids, without glucose): 656 PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: