ytxG

general stress protein

Locus: BSU_29780

Isoelectric point: 9.98

Molecular weight: 15.60 kDa

Protein length: 140 aa

Gene length: 423 bp

Function: unknown

Product: unknown

Essential: no

Synonyms: csb40

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Lifestyles → Coping with stress → General stress proteins (controlled by SigB)
• Groups of genes → Membrane proteins

Gene

Coordinates: 3,047,593 3,048,015

Phenotypes of a mutant

• inactivation of ytxG reduces sporulation efficiency to 39.6% that of wild type cells; aberrant membrane morphologies PubMed

The protein

Protein family

• UPF0478 family (single member, according to UniProt)

Localization

• membrane (according to UniProt)

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: ytxG-ytxH-ytxJ
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigB: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigB regulon
  • SigH: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigH regulon

  Regulation

  • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-B529 (ytxG::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
• BKE29780 (ytxG::erm trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATCTCAAACCTCCTTGCTG, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAGAAAAAAATACTAAG
• BKK29780 (ytxG::kan trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATCTCAAACCTCCTTGCTG, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAGAAAAAAATACTAAG

References

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