Hfq

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  • 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
YmaH context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
Hfq expression.png















Categories containing this gene/protein

RNA chaperones

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

  • Structure: 3HSB (complex with an RNA aptamer) PubMed
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed by glucose (7.7-fold) PubMed
    • expression (mRNA levels) is quite constant during growth in minimal medium PubMed
    • the Hfq protein amount increases upon transition to stationary phase PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Expression vector:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

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References

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Original publications