SknR

• Description: transcription repressor of the yqaF-yqdA-yqaG-yqaH-yqaI-yqaJ-yqaK-yqaL-yqaM-yqaN operon of the skin element (Xre family)
  
  

Gene name	sknR
Synonyms	yqaE
Essential	no
Product	transcription repressor
Function	control of prophage gene expression
MW, pI	13 kDa, 5.42
Gene length, protein length	348 bp, 116 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqaF, yqaD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU26350

Phenotypes of a mutant

• essential in the wild type background (due to overexpression of the toxic proteins YqaH and YqaM) PubMed
• no phenotype if deleted with the complete skin element PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: binds the yqaF promoter region to repress transcription of the yqaF-yqdA-yqaG-yqaH-yqaI-yqaJ-yqaK-yqaL-yqaM-yqaN operon PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): YonR, Xre

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P45902

• KEGG entry: [2]

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Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

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