YbbM

• Description: RNA polymerase ECF-type sigma factor SigW
  
  

Gene name	sigW
Synonyms	ybbL
Essential	no
Product	RNA polymerase ECF-type sigma factor SigW
Function	resistance against SdpC that functions in detoxification and/or production of antimicrobial compounds
MW, pI	21 kDa, 8.614
Gene length, protein length	561 bp, 187 aa
Immediate neighbours	trnSL-Gln2, ybbM
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU01730

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ECF subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Genes controlled by SigW

abh, pbpE-racX,xpaC-yaaN, yteI, yuaG, yknXYZ, ydjP, yfhM

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: RsiW-SigW

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: Q45585

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression 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

Thomas Wiegert, University of Bayreuth, Germany Homepage

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed