YlbF

• Description: antagonist of biofilm repression by SinR
  
  

Gene name	ylbF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	antagonist of biofilm repression by SinR, control of ComK stability
Function	regulation of biofilm formation
MW, pI	16 kDa, 5.012
Gene length, protein length	447 bp, 149 aa
Immediate neighbours	ylbE, ylbG
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14990

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O34412

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

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References

Daniel B Kearns, Frances Chu, Steven S Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 55(3);739-49
[PubMed:15661000] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Steven S Branda, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Etienne Dervyn, S Dusko Ehrlich, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter
Genes involved in formation of structured multicellular communities by Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(12);3970-9
[PubMed:15175311] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Tortosa, M Albano, D Dubnau
Characterization of ylbF, a new gene involved in competence development and sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2000, 35(5);1110-9
[PubMed:10712692] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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