DesK

• Description: two-component sensor kinase, regulation of cold shock expression of des
  
  

Gene name	desK
Synonyms	yocF
Essential	no
Product	two-component sensor kinase (NarL family)
Function	regulation of cold shock expression of des
MW, pI	42 kDa, 9.428
Gene length, protein length	1110 bp, 370 aa
Immediate neighbours	des, desR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + protein L-histidine = ADP + protein N-phospho-L-histidine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: peptidase S66 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O34757

• KEGG entry: BSU19190

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

References

Mariana Martín, Daniela Albanesi, Pedro M Alzari, Diego de Mendoza
Functional in vitro assembly of the integral membrane bacterial thermosensor DesK.
Protein Expr Purif: 2009, 66(1);39-45
[PubMed:19233289] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed