YkuT
- Description: mechanosensitive channel, similar to MscS, general stress protein
| Gene name | ykuT |
| Synonyms | |
| Essential | no |
| Product | mechanosensitive channel, similar to MscS |
| Function | resistance to osmotic downshock |
| MW, pI | 29 kDa, 5.65 |
| Gene length, protein length | 801 bp, 267 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | ykuS, ykuU |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU14210
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: View classification (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), membrane PubMed
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry: O34897
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Erhard Bremer, University of Marburg, Germany homepage
