SkfC

Gene name	skfC
Synonyms	ybcS
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	may be involved in spore killing
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: skfC
MW, pI	56 kDa, 8.146
Gene length, protein length	1488 bp, 496 aa
Immediate neighbours	skfB, skfE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

toxins, antitoxins and immunity against toxins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, PhoP regulon, Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU01935

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

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• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: C0H3T0

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: skfA-skfB-skfC-skfE-skfF-skfG-skfH PubMed

• Expression browser: skfC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed
  • induced by phosphate starvation (PhoP) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription activation PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed
  • PhoP: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information: Northern blotting during during phosphate limitation showed an intense 0.25 kb skfA-specific transcript, and a weaker 6.5 kb skfA-skfB-skfC-skfE-skfF-skfG-skfH transcript. PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: