YcxA

• Description: unknown
  
  

Gene name	ycxA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
MW, pI	44 kDa, 8.762
Gene length, protein length	1227 bp, 409 aa
Immediate neighbours	srfAD, ycxB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

membrane proteins, proteins of unknown function

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03530

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: major facilitator superfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q08791

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ycxA (according to DBTBS)

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed at high cell density (ComA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComA: transcription activation (ComA) PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Natalia Comella, Alan D Grossman
Conservation of genes and processes controlled by the quorum response in bacteria: characterization of genes controlled by the quorum-sensing transcription factor ComA in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(4);1159-74
[PubMed:16091051] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)