YqfU

• Description: unknown
  
  

Gene name	yqfU
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
MW, pI	32 kDa, 6.261
Gene length, protein length	879 bp, 293 aa
Immediate neighbours	zur, yqfT
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25110

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54478

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: nfo-yqfU PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the forespore (SigG) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

The gene yqfT is located between nfo and yqfU, but is transcribed in the opposite direction.

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Norma Urtiz-Estrada, José M Salas-Pacheco, Ronald E Yasbin, Mario Pedraza-Reyes
Forespore-specific expression of Bacillus subtilis yqfS, which encodes type IV apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease, a component of the base excision repair pathway.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(1);340-8
[PubMed:12486072] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)