KatE

• Description: catalase, general stress protein
  
  

Gene name	katE
Synonyms	katB
Essential	no
Product	catalase 2
Function	detoxification (degradation) of hydrogen peroxide
MW, pI	77 kDa, 5.845
Gene length, protein length	2058 bp, 686 aa
Immediate neighbours	yxiS, citH
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: HPII subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P42234

• KEGG entry: BSU39050

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: 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

1. Petersohn et al. (2001) Global Analysis of the General Stress Response of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 183: 5617-5631 PubMed
2. Engelmann, S., Lindner, C. and Hecker, M. 1995. Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and regulation of katE encoding a (sigma)B-dependent catalase in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 177: 5598-5605. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed