YkuN
- Description: flavodoxin, binds FMN, replaces ferredoxin under conditions of iorn limitation, probably involved in electron transfer to nitric oxide synthase
Gene name | ykuN |
Synonyms | |
Essential | no |
Product | flavodoxin |
Function | electron transfer |
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lys, Thr | |
MW, pI | 17 kDa, 3.827 |
Gene length, protein length | 474 bp, 158 aa |
Immediate neighbours | ccpC, ykuO |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU14150
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: flavodoxin-like domain (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization:
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry: O34737
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- 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
Rachel J Lawson, Claes von Wachenfeldt, Ihtshamul Haq, John Perkins, Andrew W Munro
Expression and characterization of the two flavodoxin proteins of Bacillus subtilis, YkuN and YkuP: biophysical properties and interactions with cytochrome P450 BioI.
Biochemistry: 2004, 43(39);12390-409
[PubMed:15449930]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Noel Baichoo, Tao Wang, Rick Ye, John D Helmann
Global analysis of the Bacillus subtilis Fur regulon and the iron starvation stimulon.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 45(6);1613-29
[PubMed:12354229]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)