ConE

• Description: conjugation protein of the integrative and conjugative element ICEBs1
  
  

Gene name	conE
Synonyms	yddE
Essential	no
Product	conjugation protein
Function	conjugative transfer of ICEBs1
MW, pI	96 kDa, 5.511
Gene length, protein length	2493 bp, 831 aa
Immediate neighbours	yddD, yddF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

mobile genetic elements

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04940

Phenotypes of a mutant

Defective for conjugal transfer of ICEBs1

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: required for conjugative transfer of ICEBs1, putative ATPase PubMed

• Protein family: HerA/FtsK Superfamily of ATPases including the well-studied proteins FtsK, SpoIIIE, VirB4, and VirD4

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

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• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • Located at the cell poles, in close association with the membrane

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P96642

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Melanie Barker Berkmen, Suffolk University, Boston, MA Homepage