YcxA

• Description: unknown
  
  

Gene name	ycxA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ycxA
MW, pI	44 kDa, 8.762
Gene length, protein length	1227 bp, 409 aa
Immediate neighbours	srfAD, ycxB
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

membrane proteins, proteins of unknown function

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComA regulon, Efp-dependent proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03530

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: major facilitator superfamily (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)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q08791

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ycxA (according to DBTBS)

• Expression browser: ycxA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed at high cell density (ComA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComA: transcription activation (ComA) PubMed

• Additional information:
  • translation is likely to require Efp due to the presence of several consecutive proline residues PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Natalia Comella, Alan D Grossman
Conservation of genes and processes controlled by the quorum response in bacteria: characterization of genes controlled by the quorum-sensing transcription factor ComA in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(4);1159-74
[PubMed:16091051] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)