RecF

• Description: repair, recombination
  
  

Gene name	recF
Synonyms
Essential
Product	unknown
Function	repair, recombination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: RecF
MW, pI	42 kDa, 7.015
Gene length, protein length	1110 bp, 370 aa
Immediate neighbours	yaaA, yaaB
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA repair/ recombination

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00040

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P05651

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yaaA-recF-yaaB-gyrB PubMed

• Expression browser: recF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original publications

Ignacija Vlašić, Ramona Mertens, Elena M Seco, Begoña Carrasco, Silvia Ayora, Günther Reitz, Fabian M Commichau, Juan C Alonso, Ralf Moeller
Bacillus subtilis RecA and its accessory factors, RecF, RecO, RecR and RecX, are required for spore resistance to DNA double-strand break.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2014, 42(4);2295-307
[PubMed:24285298] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Dawit Kidane, Humberto Sanchez, Juan C Alonso, Peter L Graumann
Visualization of DNA double-strand break repair in live bacteria reveals dynamic recruitment of Bacillus subtilis RecF, RecO and RecN proteins to distinct sites on the nucleoids.
Mol Microbiol: 2004, 52(6);1627-39
[PubMed:15186413] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Ayora, J C Alonso
Purification and characterization of the RecF protein from Bacillus subtilis 168.
Nucleic Acids Res: 1997, 25(14);2766-72
[PubMed:9207023] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

N Ogasawara, S Moriya, H Yoshikawa
Structure and function of the region of the replication origin of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. IV. Transcription of the oriC region and expression of DNA gyrase genes and other open reading frames.
Nucleic Acids Res: 1985, 13(7);2267-79
[PubMed:2987848] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)