SipU
- Description: signal peptidase I
| Gene name | sipU |
| Synonyms | ycsB |
| Essential | no |
| Product | signal peptidase I |
| Function | protein secretion |
| MW, pI | 21 kDa, 9.844 |
| Gene length, protein length | 561 bp, 187 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | ycsA, yczH |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU04010
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Cleavage of hydrophobic, N-terminal signal or leader sequences from secreted and periplasmic proteins (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: peptidase S26 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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: P42959
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon: sipU (according to DBTBS)
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
H Tjalsma, A Bolhuis, M L van Roosmalen, T Wiegert, W Schumann, C P Broekhuizen, W J Quax, G Venema, S Bron, J M van Dijl
Functional analysis of the secretory precursor processing machinery of Bacillus subtilis: identification of a eubacterial homolog of archaeal and eukaryotic signal peptidases.
Genes Dev: 1998, 12(15);2318-31
[PubMed:9694797]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
H Tjalsma, M A Noback, S Bron, G Venema, K Yamane, J M van Dijl
Bacillus subtilis contains four closely related type I signal peptidases with overlapping substrate specificities. Constitutive and temporally controlled expression of different sip genes.
J Biol Chem: 1997, 272(41);25983-92
[PubMed:9325333]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
