MreBH

• Description: cell-shape determining protein
  
  

Gene name	mreBH
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	cell-shape determining protein
Function	cell-shape determation
MW, pI	35 kDa, 5.239
Gene length, protein length	1005 bp, 335 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykpC, abh
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): MreB, Mbl

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: MreBH-Mbl, MreB-MreBH PubMed

• Localization: forms helical structures close to the inner surface of the cytoplasmic membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: SigI PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Peter Graumann, Freiburg University, Germany homepage

References

1. Defeu Soufo, H. J., and P. Graumann. 2006. Dynamic localization and interaction with other Bacillus subtilis actin-like proteins are important for the funtion of MreB. Mol. Microbiol. 62: 1340-1356. PubMed
2. Carballido-Lopez, R., Formstone, A., Li, Y., Ehrlich, S. D., and Errington, J. (2006) Actin homolog MreBH governs cell morphogenesis by localization of the cell wall hydrolase LytE. Dev. Cell 11: 399-409.PubMed
3. Tseng, C. L., and Shaw, G. C. (2008) Genetic evidence for the actin homolog gene mreBH and the bacitracin resistance gene bcrC as targets of the alternative sigma factor SigI of Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 190: 1561-1567. PubMed
4. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed