DefB

• Description: major formylmethionine deformylase
  
  

Gene name	ykrB
Synonyms	defB
Essential	no
Product	formylmethionine deformylase
Function	translation
MW, pI	20 kDa, 5.456
Gene length, protein length	552 bp, 184 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykrA, ykyA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Formyl-L-methionyl peptide + H₂O = formate + methionyl peptide (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: polypeptide deformylase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure: 1LQY (complex with antibiotic actinonin, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• Swiss prot entry: Q45495

• KEGG entry: BSU14560

• E.C. number: 3.5.1.88

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed