mutY
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A/G-specific adenine glycosylase, part of the error prevention oxidized guanine system (with MutM and RppH), releases adenines from 8-oxo-G:A mismatches
Locus
BSU_08630
Molecular weight
41.81 kDa
Isoelectric point
6.04
Function
DNA repair
Product
A/G-specific adenine glycosylase
Essential
no
E.C.
3.2.2.-
Synonyms
mutY, yfhQ
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG1194 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
935,656 → 936,765
Phenotypes of a mutant
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
releases adenines from 8-oxo-G:A mismatches
binds to 8-oxoG DNA lesions PubMed
Hydrolyzes free adenine bases from 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine:adenine mismatched double-stranded DNA, leaving an apurinic site (according to UniProt)
Protein family
Nth/MutY family (with Nth, according to UniProt)
HhH domain (aa 108-137) (according to UniProt)
Fe-S cluster PubMed
Structure
1RRS (PDB) (complex with DNA, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Description
Regulation
expression is constitutive throughout growth PubMed
Regulatory mechanism
YfhP: repression, in yfhP regulon
Sigma factors
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Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-C322 (yfhQ::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
References
Reviews
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