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• Description: Fur-regulated basic protein, acts as RNA chaperone for fsrA, response to iron limitation
  
  

Gene name	fbpB
Synonyms	ydbN
Essential	no
Product	Fur-regulated basic protein, acts as RNA chaperone for fsrA, response to iron limitation
Function	RNA chaperone
MW, pI	6 kDa, 9.9
Gene length, protein length	177 bp, 59 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydbM, fbpA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04530

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The sequence of the former ydbN gene was corrected, and does now contain two genes, fbpA and fbpB. PubMed

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P96609

• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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References

Ahmed Gaballa, Haike Antelmann, Claudio Aguilar, Sukhjit K Khakh, Kyung-Bok Song, Gregory T Smaldone, John D Helmann
The Bacillus subtilis iron-sparing response is mediated by a Fur-regulated small RNA and three small, basic proteins.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2008, 105(33);11927-32
[PubMed:18697947] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

1. Gaballa A, Antelmann H, Aguilar C, Khakh SK, Song KB, Smaldone GT, Helmann JD. (2008) The Bacillus subtilis iron-sparing response is mediated by a Fur-regulated small RNA and three small, basic proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Aug 19;105(33): 11927-32. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed