RecN

• Description: DNA repair and genetic recombination
  
  

Gene name	recN
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	DNA repair and genetic recombination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: recN
MW, pI	64 kDa, 4.802
Gene length, protein length	1728 bp, 576 aa
Immediate neighbours	spoIVB, ahrC
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA repair/ recombination, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24240

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU24240

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • RecN stimulates polymerizing activity of PnpA PubMed

• Protein family: recN family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • nucleoid (Multiple) PubMed
  • evenly distributed in growing cells PubMed
  • upon DNA damage, RecN forms a single focus per nucleoid PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU24240

• Structure:

• UniProt: P17894

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ahrC-recN PubMed

• Expression browser: recN PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • 1A891 ( recN::cat), PubMed, available at BGSC

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Peter Graumann, Freiburg University, Germany homepage