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| − | * '''Protein family:''' | + | * '''Protein family:''' two-component sensor kinase of the OmpR family |
* '''Paralogous protein(s):''' | * '''Paralogous protein(s):''' | ||
Revision as of 19:30, 30 November 2009
- Description: two-component sensor kinase, controls cell wall metabolism
| Gene name | walK |
| Synonyms | yycG |
| Essential | yes PubMed |
| Product | two-component sensor kinase (OmpR family) |
| Function | control of cell wall metabolism |
| MW, pI | 69 kDa, 4.775 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1833 bp, 611 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | yycH, walR |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU40400
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: autophosphorylation, phosphorylation of WalR
- Protein family: two-component sensor kinase of the OmpR family
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains: two transmembrane segments, C-terminal histidine phosphotransferase domain
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), part of the division septum in growing cells PubMed
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: Q45614
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation: expressed during vegetative growth, repressed during stationary phase PubMed
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Sarah Dubrac, Paola Bisicchia, Kevin M Devine, Tarek Msadek
A matter of life and death: cell wall homeostasis and the WalKR (YycGF) essential signal transduction pathway.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 70(6);1307-22
[PubMed:19019149]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Sarah Dubrac, Tarek Msadek
Tearing down the wall: peptidoglycan metabolism and the WalK/WalR (YycG/YycF) essential two-component system.
Adv Exp Med Biol: 2008, 631;214-28
[PubMed:18792692]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Original Publications
