YkoV

• Description: DNA-end-binding protein Ku, recruits LigD to DNA ends, confers dry-heat resistance to dormant spores PubMed

Gene name	ykoV
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	DNA-end-binding protein Ku
Function	non-homologous end joining DNA repair
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ykoV
MW, pI	34 kDa, 7.213
Gene length, protein length	933 bp, 311 aa
Immediate neighbours	ligD, ykoW
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA repair/ recombination, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon, SpoVT regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13410

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • associates with the nucleoid during germination PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34859

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ykoV-ligD PubMed

• Expression browser: ykoV PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation: expressed during sporulation in the forespore (SigG, SpoVT) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoVT: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: