YwrD

• Description: unknown
  
  

Gene name	ywrD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
MW, pI	57 kDa, 5.451
Gene length, protein length	1575 bp, 525 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywrE, ywrC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU36100

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (5-L-glutamyl)-peptide + an amino acid = peptide + 5-L-glutamyl amino acid (according to Swiss-Prot), however, all evidence suggests this is a misannotation PubMed

• Protein family: gamma-glutamyltransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot), , however, all evidence suggests this is a misannotation PubMed

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O05218

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.2.2

Additional information

The gene is annotated in KEGG as an ortholog of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase EC 2.3.2.2, This enzyme is necessary to utilize glutathione (GSH) as the sulfur source. No EC annotation for this gene is available in Swiss-Prot/MetaCyc. It has been shown by Minami et al. (PubMed) that ywrD mutant grows well on minimal media supplied with GSH as the sole sulfur source. In addition, His-tag purified ywrD cannot hydrolyze GSH. PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ywrD PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • TnrA: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Hiromichi Minami, Hideyuki Suzuki, Hidehiko Kumagai
Gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase, but not YwrD, is important in utilization of extracellular glutathione as a sulfur source in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(4);1213-4
[PubMed:14762019] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ken-ichi Yoshida, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Masaki Kinehara, Yo-hei Ohki, Yoshiko Nakaura, Yasutaro Fujita
Identification of additional TnrA-regulated genes of Bacillus subtilis associated with a TnrA box.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(1);157-65
[PubMed:12823818] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)