Rex

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  • Description: transcriptional repressor of anaerobically expressed genes involved in anaerobic respiration and fermentation

Gene name rex
Synonyms ydiH
Essential no
Product transcriptional repressor
Function regulation of fermentation and anaerobic respiration
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Central C-metabolism
MW, pI 23 kDa, 6.772
Gene length, protein length 645 bp, 215 aa
Immediate neighbours ydiG, tatAY
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YdiH context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

regulators of electron transport, carbon core metabolism, transcription factors and their control

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The Rex regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU05970

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: transcriptional regulatory rex family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity: NADH (indication of low oxygen concentration) releases Rex from DNA PubMed, Rex has a very highh affinity for NADH

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:
    • The mRNA has a long 5' leader region. This may indicate RNA-based regulation PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant: LUW292 (erm), GP834 (erm), both available in the Stülke lab
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Claes von Wachenfeldt, Lund University, Sweden Homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Ellen Wang, Teemu P Ikonen, Matti Knaapila, Dmitri Svergun, Derek T Logan, Claes von Wachenfeldt
Small-angle X-ray scattering study of a Rex family repressor: conformational response to NADH and NAD+ binding in solution.
J Mol Biol: 2011, 408(4);670-83
[PubMed:21402078] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Irnov Irnov, Cynthia M Sharma, Jörg Vogel, Wade C Winkler
Identification of regulatory RNAs in Bacillus subtilis.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2010, 38(19);6637-51
[PubMed:20525796] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ellen Wang, Mikael C Bauer, Annika Rogstam, Sara Linse, Derek T Logan, Claes von Wachenfeldt
Structure and functional properties of the Bacillus subtilis transcriptional repressor Rex.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 69(2);466-78
[PubMed:18485070] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Smita Gyan, Yoshihiko Shiohira, Ichiro Sato, Michio Takeuchi, Tsutomu Sato
Regulatory loop between redox sensing of the NADH/NAD(+) ratio by Rex (YdiH) and oxidation of NADH by NADH dehydrogenase Ndh in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(20);7062-71
[PubMed:17015645] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Jonas T Larsson, Annika Rogstam, Claes von Wachenfeldt
Coordinated patterns of cytochrome bd and lactate dehydrogenase expression in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2005, 151(Pt 10);3323-3335
[PubMed:16207915] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Matthew Schau, Yinghua Chen, F Marion Hulett
Bacillus subtilis YdiH is a direct negative regulator of the cydABCD operon.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(14);4585-95
[PubMed:15231791] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)