YxeK

• Description: similar to monooxygenase, the yxeK-snaB-yxeM-yxeN-yxeO-sndB-yxeQ operon may be implicated in the utilization of a modified cysteine variant
  
  

Gene name	yxeK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	sulphur metabolism
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yxeK
MW, pI	49 kDa, 5.668
Gene length, protein length	1323 bp, 441 aa
Immediate neighbours	yxeL, yxeJ
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

poorly characterized/ putative enzymes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CymR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU39520

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ntaA/snaA/soxA(dszA) monooxygenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): CmoJ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54950

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yxeK-snaB-yxeM-yxeN-yxeO-sndB-yxeQ PubMed

• Expression browser: yxeK PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of cysteine (CymR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CymR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the amount of the mRNA is substantially decreased upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: