Rok

• Description: repressor of comK
  
  

Gene name	rok
Synonyms	ykuW
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional repressor
Function	regulation of genetic competence
MW, pI	21 kDa, 9.701
Gene length, protein length	573 bp, 191 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykuV, yknT
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14240

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O34857

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed by Rok PubMed
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Rok: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: 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