XkdE

• Description: PBSX prophage
  
  

Gene name	xkdE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
MW, pI	56 kDa, 5.172
Gene length, protein length	1485 bp, 495 aa
Immediate neighbours	xtmB, xkdF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

PBSX prophage

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Xpf regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU12590

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54325

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: xtmA-xtmB-xkdE-xkdF-xkdG-xkdH-xkdI-xkdJ-xkdK-xkdM PubMed

• Expression browser: xkdE PubMed

• Sigma factor: Xpf PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP1171 (ermC) available in the Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

G E McDonnell, H Wood, K M Devine, D J McConnell
Genetic control of bacterial suicide: regulation of the induction of PBSX in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(18);5820-30
[PubMed:8083174] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H E Wood, M T Dawson, K M Devine, D J McConnell
Characterization of PBSX, a defective prophage of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1990, 172(5);2667-74
[PubMed:2110147] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)