MrgA

• Description: iron storage protein, DNA-binding stress protein, forms highly stable, multimeric protein-DNA complexes which protect against oxidative killing
  
  

Gene name	mrgA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	mini-ferritin, DNA-binding stress protein
Function	iron storage, protection against oxidative stress
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: mrgA protection against oxidative stress
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	17 kDa, 4.597
Gene length, protein length	459 bp, 153 aa
Immediate neighbours	yusZ, htrB
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

acquisition of iron, iron metabolism, resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress

This gene is a member of the following regulons

PerR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU32990

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: forms highly stable, multimeric protein-DNA complexes which protect against oxidative killing

• Protein family: dps family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): Dps

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): contains an iron-sulfur cluster

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2CHP

• UniProt: P37960

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: mrgA PubMed

• Expression browser: mrgA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by hydrogen peroxide (PerR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PerR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Emilia Chiancone, Pierpaolo Ceci, Andrea Ilari, Frederica Ribacchi, Simonetta Stefanini
Iron and proteins for iron storage and detoxification.
Biometals: 2004, 17(3);197-202
[PubMed:15222465] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Original publications

Mayuree Fuangthong, John D Helmann
Recognition of DNA by three ferric uptake regulator (Fur) homologs in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(21);6348-57
[PubMed:14563870] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

John D Helmann, Ming Fang Winston Wu, Ahmed Gaballa, Phil A Kobel, Maud M Morshedi, Paul Fawcett, Chris Paddon
The global transcriptional response of Bacillus subtilis to peroxide stress is coordinated by three transcription factors.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(1);243-53
[PubMed:12486061] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A F Herbig, J D Helmann
Roles of metal ions and hydrogen peroxide in modulating the interaction of the Bacillus subtilis PerR peroxide regulon repressor with operator DNA.
Mol Microbiol: 2001, 41(4);849-59
[PubMed:11532148] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Casillas-Martinez, P Setlow
Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase, catalase, MrgA, and superoxide dismutase are not involved in resistance of Bacillus subtilis spores to heat or oxidizing agents.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(23);7420-5
[PubMed:9393707] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Antelmann, S Engelmann, R Schmid, A Sorokin, A Lapidus, M Hecker
Expression of a stress- and starvation-induced dps/pexB-homologous gene is controlled by the alternative sigma factor sigmaB in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(23);7251-6
[PubMed:9393687] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

N Bsat, L Chen, J D Helmann
Mutation of the Bacillus subtilis alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (ahpCF) operon reveals compensatory interactions among hydrogen peroxide stress genes.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(22);6579-86
[PubMed:8932315] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Chen, J D Helmann
Bacillus subtilis MrgA is a Dps(PexB) homologue: evidence for metalloregulation of an oxidative-stress gene.
Mol Microbiol: 1995, 18(2);295-300
[PubMed:8709848] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Chen, L Keramati, J D Helmann
Coordinate regulation of Bacillus subtilis peroxide stress genes by hydrogen peroxide and metal ions.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1995, 92(18);8190-4
[PubMed:7667267] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Chen, L P James, J D Helmann
Metalloregulation in Bacillus subtilis: isolation and characterization of two genes differentially repressed by metal ions.
J Bacteriol: 1993, 175(17);5428-37
[PubMed:8396117] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)