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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Categories containing this gene/protein

general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU39050

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 H₂O₂ = O₂ + 2 H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P42234

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: katE-yxiS PubMed

• 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: