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• Description: transcription repressor of the ycnJ gene
  
  

Gene name	ycnK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcription repressor
Function	regulation of copper uptake
MW, pI	21 kDa, 7.371
Gene length, protein length	570 bp, 190 aa
Immediate neighbours	ycnJ, ycnL
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

elevated expression of ycnJ under conditions of copper excess PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: repression of ycnJ expression PubMed

• Protein family: DeoR family of transcription factors

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): copper acts as corepressor PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

References

1. Chillappagari S, Miethke M, Trip H, Kuipers OP, Marahiel MA (2009) Copper acquisition is mediated by YcnJ and regulated by YcnK and CsoR in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 191: 2362-2370. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed