GyrB

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  • Description: DNA-Gyrase (subunit B)

Gene name gyrB
Synonyms novA
Essential yes PubMed
Product DNA-Gyrase (subunit B)
Function DNA supercoiling,
initation of replication cycle and DNA elongation
MW, pI 71 kDa, 5.378
Gene length, protein length 1914 bp, 638 aa
Immediate neighbours yaaB, gyrA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
DnaA dnaN yaaA recF yaaB gyrB context.png
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The gene

Basic information

  • Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: type II topoisomerase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): ParE

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization: nucleoid-associated in actively growing cells PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information: GyrB is subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Dagmar Klostermeier, Biozentrum Basel, Switzerland homepage

Your additional remarks

References

  1. Huang et al. (1998) Bipolar localization of Bacillus subtilis topoisomerase IV, an enzyme required for chromosome segregation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 4652-4657. PubMed
  2. Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 PubMed
  3. Ogasawara et al. (1985) Structure and function of the region of the replication origin of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. IV. Transcription of the oriC region and expression of DNA gyrase genes and other open reading frames.Nucl. Acids Res. 11: 2267-2279. PubMed