SasA

• Description: (p)ppGpp synthetase, small alarmone synthetase
  
  

Gene name	ywaC
Synonyms	ipa-7d
Essential	no
Product	(p)ppGpp synthetase
Function	ppGpp synthesis independent from stringent response
MW, pI	24 kDa, 6.217
Gene length, protein length	630 bp, 210 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywaD, menA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38480

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): YjbM

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P39583

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Yousuke Natori, Kazumi Tagami, Kana Murakami, Sawako Yoshida, Osamu Tanigawa, Yoonsuh Moh, Kenta Masuda, Tetsuya Wada, Shota Suzuki, Hideaki Nanamiya, Yuzuru Tozawa, Fujio Kawamura
Transcription activity of individual rrn operons in Bacillus subtilis mutants deficient in (p)ppGpp synthetase genes, relA, yjbM, and ywaC.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(14);4555-61
[PubMed:19447912] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hideaki Nanamiya, Koji Kasai, Akira Nozawa, Choong-Soo Yun, Takakuni Narisawa, Kana Murakami, Yousuke Natori, Fujio Kawamura, Yuzuru Tozawa
Identification and functional analysis of novel (p)ppGpp synthetase genes in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 67(2);291-304
[PubMed:18067544] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)