ykfA
168
similar to LD-carboxypeptidase; may cleave C-terminal D-Ala from peptidoglycan tetrapeptides
locus
BSU_12970
Molecular weight
25.26 kDa
pI
5.41
function
unknown
product
unknown
essential
no
synonyms
ykfA
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG1619 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
1,365,888 → 1,366,847
The protein
Protein family
peptidase S66 family (with [protein|6B36C3B0FA04FBCB20C2C9AEA987DDD211E29629|yocD], according to UniProt)
Structure
[PDB|3SR3] (MccF from B. anthracis, 30% identity) [pubmed|22516613]
[PDB|5Z01] (LdcA from E. coli, 30% identity) [pubmed|29601819]
[AF|O34851]
Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|9E922F0006DF9E84A8D5B51E9FC35B669872FF90|dppA]-[gene|062AE5FB4C778178A7F6833CB8BD9D631E461E89|dppB]-[gene|EDF8D2C49FA5552B24135E12524F9035E1E01473|dppC]-[gene|7FA72D949B930A3C7FF0391CC6CCC58EEFCA839A|dppD]-[gene|853C570CFB9382449A20BE77B44B4FE44972AA59|dppE]-[gene|C4F85F85F0C99A59145961E34B19D3AD03D2BC22|ykfA]-[gene|77EFC47449D8CC17651ED61C41AC605FCEF01270|ykfB]-[gene|D40ECAE51D9E4791C6FAAA25E2E0D0591D9FAA55|ykfC]-[gene|BB94F5388A0D1FF025E5A88A7E10AE7E4C489E5F|ykfD]
description
[pubmed|22383849]
regulatory mechanism
[protein|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|codY]: repression, [Pubmed|12618455], in [regulon|protein:90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|codY regulon]
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-A740 (ykfA::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/740 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]
BKE12970 (Δ[gene|C4F85F85F0C99A59145961E34B19D3AD03D2BC22|ykfA]::erm trpC2) available at [http://bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE12970 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTTGCTCTGCACCCTACG, downstream forward: _UP4_GTTTCAGAAGGGGCGCTGAA
BKK12970 (Δ[gene|C4F85F85F0C99A59145961E34B19D3AD03D2BC22|ykfA]::kan trpC2) available at [http://bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK12970 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTTGCTCTGCACCCTACG, downstream forward: _UP4_GTTTCAGAAGGGGCGCTGAA
References
Reviews
Original Publications
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