YdbD

• Description: general stress protein, similar to manganese-containing catalase
  
  

Gene name	ydbD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	survival of ethanol stress
MW, pI	30 kDa, 4.858
Gene length, protein length	819 bp, 273 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydbC, dctB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04430

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 H₂O₂ = O₂ + 2 H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: manganese catalase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YjqC

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P80878

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • dctB-ydbD PubMed
  • ydbD

• Sigma factor:
  • ydbD: SigB PubMed

• Regulation: induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Dirk Höper, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
Comprehensive characterization of the contribution of individual SigB-dependent general stress genes to stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(8);2810-26
[PubMed:15805528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Kei Asai, Sang-Hoon Baik, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Shigeki Moriya, Naotake Ogasawara
Regulation of the transport system for C4-dicarboxylic acids in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2000, 146 ( Pt 2);263-271
[PubMed:10708364] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)