DnaJ

• Description: heat-shock protein (activation of DnaK)
  
  

Gene name	dnaJ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	heat-shock protein (activation of DnaK)
Function	protein quality control
MW, pI	40 kDa, 7.92
Gene length, protein length	1116 bp, 372 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqeT, surC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: dnaJ family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: DnaK-DnaJ

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P17631

• KEGG entry: BSU25460

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: hrcA-grpE-dnaK-dnaJ-yqeT-yqeU-yqeV PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: induced by heat shock (HrcA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: repressed at normal temperature by HrcA

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Wolfgang Schumann, Bayreuth University, Germany Homepage

References

1. Wetzstein, M., U. Völker, J. Dedio, S. Löbau, U. Zuber, M. Schiesswohl, C. Herget, M. Hecker, and W. Schumann. 1992. Cloning, sequencing, and molecular analysis of the dnaK locus from Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 174:3300-3310. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed