Hbs

• Description: non-specific DNA-binding protein Hbsu
  
  

Gene name	hbs
Synonyms	dbpA
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	non-specific DNA-binding protein Hbsu
Function	DNA packaging, function of the signal recognition complex
MW, pI	9 kDa, 9.501
Gene length, protein length	276 bp, 92 aa
Immediate neighbours	mtrA, spoIVA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22790

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: DbpA subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylation on Thr-4 PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot), membrane associated PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 1HUU (Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1EXE (phage SPO1 transcription factor, 45% identity)

• UniProt: P08821

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed when no DNA damage is present (LexA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • LexA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information: mRNA is protected from degradation by RnjA by initiating ribosomes PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Ciaran Condon, IBPC, Paris, France Homepage