Hfq
- Description: RNA chaperone
| Gene name | hfq |
| Synonyms | ymaH |
| Essential | no |
| Product | RNA chaperone |
| Function | unknown |
| Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: hfq | |
| MW, pI | 8 kDa, 8.698 |
| Gene length, protein length | 219 bp, 73 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | miaA, ymzC |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Expression at a glance PubMed
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU17340
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: hfq family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
Database entries
- UniProt: O31796
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Sigma factor:
- Regulation: repressed by glucose (7.7-fold) PubMed
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant: GP22 (cat), available in the Stülke lab
- Expression vector:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Jörg Vogel, Ben F Luisi
Hfq and its constellation of RNA.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2011, 9(8);578-89
[PubMed:21760622]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I e)
Richard G Brennan, Todd M Link
Hfq structure, function and ligand binding.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2007, 10(2);125-33
[PubMed:17395525]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Poul Valentin-Hansen, Maiken Eriksen, Christina Udesen
The bacterial Sm-like protein Hfq: a key player in RNA transactions.
Mol Microbiol: 2004, 51(6);1525-33
[PubMed:15009882]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Original publications
Additional publications: PubMed
