YknX

• Description: ABC-type antimicrobial peptide transporter (permease) for the export of the SdpC toxin
  
  

Gene name	yknX
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ABC-type antimicrobial peptide exporter (permease)
Function	resistence against SdpC toxin
MW, pI	41 kDa, 5.178
Gene length, protein length	1131 bp, 377 aa
Immediate neighbours	yknW, yknY
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y), resistance against toxins/ antibiotics, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, SigW regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14350

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: membrane protein

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31710

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yknW-yknX-yknY-yknZ PubMed

• Expression browser: yknX PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigW PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Bronwyn G Butcher, John D Helmann
Identification of Bacillus subtilis sigma-dependent genes that provide intrinsic resistance to antimicrobial compounds produced by Bacilli.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 60(3);765-82
[PubMed:16629676] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Qiang Qian, Chien Y Lee, John D Helmann, Mark A Strauch
AbrB is a regulator of the sigma(W) regulon in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2002, 211(2);219-23
[PubMed:12076816] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

X Huang, A Gaballa, M Cao, J D Helmann
Identification of target promoters for the Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function sigma factor, sigma W.
Mol Microbiol: 1999, 31(1);361-71
[PubMed:9987136] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)