YxaB

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  • Description: general stress protein, putative exopolysaccaride synthase, important for biofilm formation

Gene name yxaB
Synonyms
Essential no
Product putative exopolysaccaride synthase
Function biofilm formation, survival of salt and ethanol stress
MW, pI 39 kDa, 4.525
Gene length, protein length 1029 bp, 343 aa
Immediate neighbours yxaC, yxaA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YxaB context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biofilm formation, general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), poorly characterized/ putative enzymes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU40030

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: polysaccharide pyruvyl transferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Dirk Höper, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
Comprehensive characterization of the contribution of individual SigB-dependent general stress genes to stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(8);2810-26
[PubMed:15805528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Izumi Ishio, Eishi Nagakawa, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Mami Yamamoto, Yasutaro Fujita
Systematic study of gene expression and transcription organization in the gntZ-ywaA region of the Bacillus subtilis genome.
Microbiology (Reading): 2000, 146 ( Pt 3);573-579
[PubMed:10746760] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Additional publications: PubMed