ftsY

signal recognition particle

Locus: BSU_15950

Isoelectric point: 5.08

Molecular weight: 36.19 kDa

Protein length: 329 aa

Gene length: 990 bp

Function: protein secretion

Product: signal recognition particle

Essential: yes

Synonyms: srb

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Information processing → Protein synthesis, modification and degradation → Protein secretion
• Lifestyles → Sporulation → Sporulation proteins → Sporulation proteins/ other
• Groups of genes → Essential genes
• Groups of genes → Membrane proteins

Gene

Coordinates: 1,670,140 → 1,671,129

Phenotypes of a mutant

• essential PubMed

The protein

Protein family

• GTP-binding SRP family (with FlhF and Ffh, according to UniProt)

Structure

• 2XXA (complex Ffh-FtsY-Scr RNA, from E. coli) PubMed

Localization

• cell membrane, peripheral, via N-terminal lipid-binding domain PubMed

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: ftsY
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigA: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigA regulon
  • SigK: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigK regulon

  Regulatory mechanism

  • GerE: activation, PubMed, in GerE regulon

  Regulation

  • expressed during vegetative growth and during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Genes: rnc-smc-ftsY
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigA: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigA regulon

  Regulatory mechanism

  • stringent response: negative regulation, in stringent response

  Regulation

  • expressed during vegetative growth and during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

References

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