ytvA [2018-02-13T06:35:42.000Z]

blue light sensor, positive regulation of SigB activity under conditions of blue light

Locus: BSU30340

Isoelectric point: 4.69

Molecular weight: 29.04 kDa

Protein length: 261 aa

Gene length: 783 bp

Function: control of SigB activity

Product: blue light receptor, flavoprotein

Essential: no

Synonyms

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Information processing → Regulation of gene expression → Sigma factors and their control → Control of sigma factors

Gene

Coordinates: 3,106,210 → 3,106,995

The protein

Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

• mediates light-dependent stimulation of RsbT kinase activity PubMed

Paralogous protein(s)

• RsbR, RsbRB, RsbRC, RsbRD, YtvA

Domains

• PAS domain
• LOV domain, STAS domain

Cofactors

• FMN

Effectors of protein activity

• YtvA-dependent light activation of the SigB stress response is positively and negatively regulated by RsbR and RsbRB, respectively PubMed

Structure

• 2PR5 (dark), 2PR6 (light), 2MWG

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: ytvA
  Description: PubMed

  Regulatory mechanism

  • Spx: activation, PubMed, in Spx regulon

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-A136 (ytvA::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
• 1A965 ( ytvA::erm), PubMed, available at BGSC
• BKE30340 (ΔytvA::erm trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATATAAATCCCCCTTAGGC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAAAAGATCCCGCTCACCC
• BKK30340 (ΔytvA::kan trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATATAAATCCCCCTTAGGC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAAAAGATCCCGCTCACCC

Expression vector

• pGP2685, expression of His-YtvA in E. coli (based on pGP570), available in Jörg Stülke's lab

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Chet Price, Davis, USA homepage

References

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Original publications

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