Difference between revisions of "WalR"
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Function''' || control of cell wall metabolism | |style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Function''' || control of cell wall metabolism | ||
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| − | |colspan="2" style="background:#FAF8CC;" align="center"| '''Gene expression levels in [http:// | + | |colspan="2" style="background:#FAF8CC;" align="center"| '''Gene expression levels in [http://subtiwiki.uni-goettingen.de/apps/expression/ ''Subti''Express]''': [http://subtiwiki.uni-goettingen.de/apps/expression/expression.php?search=BSU40410 walR] |
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|colspan="2" style="background:#FAF8CC;" align="center"| '''Interactions involving this protein in [http://cellpublisher.gobics.de/subtinteract/startpage/start/ ''Subt''Interact]''': [http://cellpublisher.gobics.de/subtinteract/interactionList/2/WalR WalR] | |colspan="2" style="background:#FAF8CC;" align="center"| '''Interactions involving this protein in [http://cellpublisher.gobics.de/subtinteract/startpage/start/ ''Subt''Interact]''': [http://cellpublisher.gobics.de/subtinteract/interactionList/2/WalR WalR] | ||
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Immediate neighbours''' || ''[[walK]]'', ''[[trnY-Phe]]'' | |style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Immediate neighbours''' || ''[[walK]]'', ''[[trnY-Phe]]'' | ||
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| − | | | + | |style="background:#FAF8CC;" align="center"|'''Sequences'''||[http://bsubcyc.org/BSUB/sequence-aa?type=GENE&object=BSU40410 Protein] [http://bsubcyc.org/BSUB/sequence?type=GENE&object=BSU40410 DNA] [http://bsubcyc.org/BSUB/seq-selector?chromosome=CHROM-1&object=BSU40410 Advanced_DNA] |
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|colspan="2" | '''Genetic context''' <br/> [[Image:yycF_context.gif]] | |colspan="2" | '''Genetic context''' <br/> [[Image:yycF_context.gif]] | ||
Revision as of 14:19, 13 May 2013
- Description: two-component response regulator, controls cell wall metabolism
| Gene name | walR |
| Synonyms | yycF |
| Essential | yes PubMed |
| Product | two-component response regulator |
| Function | control of cell wall metabolism |
| Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: walR | |
| Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: WalR | |
| MW, pI | 27 kDa, 4.876 |
| Gene length, protein length | 705 bp, 235 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | walK, trnY-Phe |
| Sequences | Protein DNA Advanced_DNA |
Genetic context 
This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
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Expression at a glance PubMed
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
cell wall/ other, transcription factors and their control, essential genes, phosphoproteins
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The WalR regulon
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU40410
Phenotypes of a mutant
- essential PubMed
- a constitutively active form of WalR (WalR-R204C) results in constitutive expression of the WalR regulon, and in combination with a sepF mutation to the formation of cell wall-less L-forms PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: OmpR family of two-component transcription regulators
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification: phosphorylated by WalK on an Asp residue
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity: phosphorylation likely affects DNA-binding activity
- Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- UniProt: P37478
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Sigma factor:
- Regulation: expressed during vegetative growth, repressed during stationary phase PubMed
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
- Kevin Devine, Dublin
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Kevin M Devine
Bacterial L-forms on tap: an improved methodology to generate Bacillus subtilis L-forms heralds a new era of research.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 83(1);10-3
[PubMed:22126136]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Sarah Dubrac, Paola Bisicchia, Kevin M Devine, Tarek Msadek
A matter of life and death: cell wall homeostasis and the WalKR (YycGF) essential signal transduction pathway.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 70(6);1307-22
[PubMed:19019149]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Sarah Dubrac, Tarek Msadek
Tearing down the wall: peptidoglycan metabolism and the WalK/WalR (YycG/YycF) essential two-component system.
Adv Exp Med Biol: 2008, 631;214-28
[PubMed:18792692]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Malcolm E Winkler, James A Hoch
Essentiality, bypass, and targeting of the YycFG (VicRK) two-component regulatory system in gram-positive bacteria.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(8);2645-8
[PubMed:18245295]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
C Fabret, V A Feher, J A Hoch
Two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis: how one organism sees its world.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(7);1975-83
[PubMed:10094672]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
The WalR regulon
Paola Bisicchia, David Noone, Efthimia Lioliou, Alistair Howell, Sarah Quigley, Thomas Jensen, Hanne Jarmer, Kevin M Devine
The essential YycFG two-component system controls cell wall metabolism in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 65(1);180-200
[PubMed:17581128]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Alistair Howell, Sarah Dubrac, Kasper Krogh Andersen, David Noone, Juliette Fert, Tarek Msadek, Kevin Devine
Genes controlled by the essential YycG/YycF two-component system of Bacillus subtilis revealed through a novel hybrid regulator approach.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(6);1639-55
[PubMed:12950927]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Keisuke Fukuchi, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Kei Asai, Kazuo Kobayashi, Shigeki Moriya, Naotake Ogasawara
The essential two-component regulatory system encoded by yycF and yycG modulates expression of the ftsAZ operon in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2000, 146 ( Pt 7);1573-1583
[PubMed:10878122]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Other original Publications
Additional publications: PubMed
