YmdB
- Description: phosphodiesterase, controls bistable gene expression
Gene name | ymdB |
Synonyms | |
Essential | no |
Product | phosphodiesterase |
Function | control of bistable gene expression |
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ymdB | |
MW, pI | 29,1 kDa, 6.50 |
Gene length, protein length | 792 bp, 264 amino acids |
Immediate neighbours | rny, spoVS |
Sequences | Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks |
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
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Expression at a glance PubMed |
Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU16970
Phenotypes of a mutant
- strong overexpression of hag PubMed
- defective in biofilm formation PubMed
- the phenotypes of the ymdB mutant can be suppressed by overexpression of slrR PubMed
- inactivation of ymdB restores beta-lactam resistance in a sigM mutant PubMed
- increased expression of genes encoding small acid-soluble proteins PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- phosphodiesterase activity toward 2',3'-cAMP PubMed
- Protein family:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Modification:
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- forms tetramers PubMed
Database entries
- UniProt: O31775
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation: constitutive
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information: there is a terminator between rny and ymdB, most transcripts terminate there PubMed
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- GP583 (spc), available in Jörg Stülke's lab PubMed
- GP922 (cat), available in Jörg Stülke's lab PubMed
- GP921 (spc) NCIB3610 derivate, available in Jörg Stülke's lab PubMed
- GP969 (ymdB(E39Q)-cat) inactive enzyme, available in Jörg Stülke's lab PubMed
- GP1558 (aphA3; cassette w/o terminator), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- GP1573 (aphA3), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- Expression vector:
- for expression/ purification from B. subtilis with N-terminal Strep-tag, for SPINE, in pGP380: pGP1041, available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- for expression/ purification from B. subtilis with C-terminal Strep-tag, for SPINE, in pGP382: pGP1919, available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- for expression/ purification from E. coli with N-terminal His-tag, in pWH844: pGP1040, available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- for expression/ purification from E. coli with N-terminal Strep-tag, in pGP172: pGP1917, available in Jörg Stülke's lab PubMed
- GP970 (ymdB-Strep (cat)), purification from B. subtilis, for SPINE, available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- FLAG-tag construct: GP1018 (spc, based on pGP1331), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Jörg Stülke, University of Göttingen, Germany Homepage
Your additional remarks
References
Christine Diethmaier, Joseph A Newman, Akos T Kovács, Volkhard Kaever, Christina Herzberg, Cecilia Rodrigues, Mirjam Boonstra, Oscar P Kuipers, Richard J Lewis, Jörg Stülke
The YmdB phosphodiesterase is a global regulator of late adaptive responses in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2014, 196(2);265-75
[PubMed:24163345]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Yun Luo, John D Helmann
Analysis of the role of Bacillus subtilis σ(M) in β-lactam resistance reveals an essential role for c-di-AMP in peptidoglycan homeostasis.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 83(3);623-39
[PubMed:22211522]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Eric R Pozsgai, Kris M Blair, Daniel B Kearns
Modified mariner transposons for random inducible-expression insertions and transcriptional reporter fusion insertions in Bacillus subtilis.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2012, 78(3);778-85
[PubMed:22113911]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Christine Diethmaier, Nico Pietack, Katrin Gunka, Christoph Wrede, Martin Lehnik-Habrink, Christina Herzberg, Sebastian Hübner, Jörg Stülke
A novel factor controlling bistability in Bacillus subtilis: the YmdB protein affects flagellin expression and biofilm formation.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(21);5997-6007
[PubMed:21856853]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Functional and structural analysis of orthologs in other organisms