SkfE

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  • Description: ABC transporter (binding protein), export of the spore killing factor

Gene name skfE
Synonyms ybdA
Essential no
Product ABC transporter (binding protein)
Function export of the spore killing factor SkfA
MW, pI 26 kDa, 6.34
Gene length, protein length 717 bp, 239 aa
Immediate neighbours skfC, skfF
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YbdA context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, toxins, antitoxins and immunity against toxins, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU01950

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
    • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed
  • Additional information: Northern blotting during during phosphate limitation showed an intense 0.25 kb skfA-specific transcript, and a weaker 6.5 kb skfA-skfB-skfC-skfE-skfF-skfG-skfH transcript. PubMed

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

José Eduardo González-Pastor
Cannibalism: a social behavior in sporulating Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Rev: 2011, 35(3);415-24
[PubMed:20955377] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original Publications