PerR

• Description: transcriptional repressor of the peroxide regulon
  
  

Gene name	perR
Synonyms	ygaG
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional repressor
Function	regulation of the response to peroxide
MW, pI	16 kDa, 5.888
Gene length, protein length	435 bp, 145 aa
Immediate neighbours	ygaF, ygzB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): Zur, Fur

Genes repressed by PerR

zosA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: negative autoregulation PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: repressed by PerR PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

John Helmann, Cornell University, USA Homepage

References

1. Herbig AF, Helmann JD. (2001) Roles of metal ions and hydrogen peroxide in modulating the interaction of the Bacillus subtilis PerR peroxide regulon repressor with operator DNA. Mol Microbiol. Aug;41(4): 849-59. PubMed
2. Fuangthong M, Herbig AF, Bsat N, Helmann JD. (2002) Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis fur and perR genes by PerR: not all members of the PerR regulon are peroxide inducible. J Bacteriol. Jun;184(12): 3276-86.PubMed