BdbC

• Description: thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase, required for the formation of thiol disulfide bonds in ComGC
  
  

Gene name	bdbC
Synonyms	yvgU
Essential	no
Product	thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase
Function	genetic transformation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	15 kDa, 9.054
Gene length, protein length	414 bp, 138 aa
Immediate neighbours	yvgT, bdbD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

genetic competence, chaperones/ protein folding, sporulation proteins, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComK regulon, SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33470

Phenotypes of a mutant

loss of transformability PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: formation of thiol disulfide bonds in ComGC PubMed

• Protein family: BdbC subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O32217

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: bdbD-bdbC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComK: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: