GroEL

• Description: chaperonin and co-repressor for HrcA
  
  

Gene name	groEL
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	chaperonin, co-repressor for HrcA
Function	protein folding and re-folding
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	57 kDa, 4.531
Gene length, protein length	1632 bp, 544 aa
Immediate neighbours	groES, ydiM
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU06030

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: acts as co-repressor for HrcA

• Protein family: chaperonin (HSP60) family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylated on ser/ thr/ tyr PubMed, PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: HrcA-GroEL, GroEL-GroES

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P28598

• KEGG entry: [3]

• 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

Wolfgang Schumann, Bayreuth University, Germany Homepage