YhxD

• Description: general stress protein, similar to alcohol dehydrogenase,
  
  

Gene name	yhxD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	survival of salt and ethanol stresses
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yhxD
MW, pI	31 kDa, 4.538
Gene length, protein length	897 bp, 299 aa
Immediate neighbours	comK, yhjA
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), poorly characterized/ putative enzymes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU10430

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) 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:

• UniProt: P40398

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yhxD PubMed

• Expression browser: yhxD PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information: the mRNA is very stable (half-life > 15 min) PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Dirk Höper, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
Comprehensive characterization of the contribution of individual SigB-dependent general stress genes to stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(8);2810-26
[PubMed:15805528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

G Hambraeus, C von Wachenfeldt, L Hederstedt
Genome-wide survey of mRNA half-lives in Bacillus subtilis identifies extremely stable mRNAs.
Mol Genet Genomics: 2003, 269(5);706-14
[PubMed:12884008] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D van Sinderen, A ten Berge, B J Hayema, L Hamoen, G Venema
Molecular cloning and sequence of comK, a gene required for genetic competence in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1994, 11(4);695-703
[PubMed:8196543] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)