YxdJ

• Description: two-component response regulator, regulation of the ABC transporter YxdL-YxdM in response to the cationic antimicrobial peptide, LL-37
  
  

Gene name	yxdJ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	two-component response regulator
Function	resistance against toxic peptides
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yxdJ
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: YxdJ
MW, pI	26 kDa, 4.937
Gene length, protein length	687 bp, 229 aa
Immediate neighbours	yxdK, iolJ
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transcription factors and their control, resistance against toxins/ antibiotics, phosphoproteins

The YxdJ regulon:

• yxdL-yxdM-yxeA

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU39660

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylated by YxdK on an Asp residue

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: YxdK-YxdJ

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P42421

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yxdJ-yxdK PubMed

• Expression browser: yxdJ PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Stéphanie Coumes-Florens, Céline Brochier-Armanet, Annick Guiseppi, François Denizot, Maryline Foglino
A new highly conserved antibiotic sensing/resistance pathway in firmicutes involves an ABC transporter interplaying with a signal transduction system.
PLoS One: 2011, 6(1);e15951
[PubMed:21283517] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Anna Staroń, Dora Elisabeth Finkeisen, Thorsten Mascher
Peptide antibiotic sensing and detoxification modules of Bacillus subtilis.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother: 2011, 55(2);515-25
[PubMed:21078927] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hanne-Leena Hyyryläinen, Milla Pietiäinen, Tuula Lundén, Anna Ekman, Marika Gardemeister, Sanna Murtomäki-Repo, Haike Antelmann, Michael Hecker, Leena Valmu, Matti Sarvas, Vesa P Kontinen
The density of negative charge in the cell wall influences two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2007, 153(Pt 7);2126-2136
[PubMed:17600057] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Pascale Joseph, Annick Guiseppi, Alexei Sorokin, François Denizot
Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis YxdJ response regulator as the inducer of expression for the cognate ABC transporter YxdLM.
Microbiology (Reading): 2004, 150(Pt 8);2609-2617
[PubMed:15289557] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Izumi Ishio, Eishi Nagakawa, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Mami Yamamoto, Yasutaro Fujita
Systematic study of gene expression and transcription organization in the gntZ-ywaA region of the Bacillus subtilis genome.
Microbiology (Reading): 2000, 146 ( Pt 3);573-579
[PubMed:10746760] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C Fabret, V A Feher, J A Hoch
Two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis: how one organism sees its world.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(7);1975-83
[PubMed:10094672] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)