YwiE

• Description: minor cardiolipin synthetase, general stress protein
  
  

Gene name	ywiE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	minor cardiolipin synthetase
Function	phospholipiid biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ywiE
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	58 kDa, 8.384
Gene length, protein length	1500 bp, 500 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywjA, narI
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

biosynthesis of lipids, general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37240

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 Phosphatidylglycerol = diphosphatidylglycerol + glycerol (according to Swiss-Prot)

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

• Paralogous protein(s): ClsA, YwjE

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P45860

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: ywiE PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation: induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Claudia S López, Alejandro F Alice, Horacio Heras, Emilio A Rivas, Carmen Sánchez-Rivas
Role of anionic phospholipids in the adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to high salinity.
Microbiology (Reading): 2006, 152(Pt 3);605-616
[PubMed:16514141] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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)

Fumitaka Kawai, Momoko Shoda, Rie Harashima, Yoshito Sadaie, Hiroshi Hara, Kouji Matsumoto
Cardiolipin domains in Bacillus subtilis marburg membranes.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(5);1475-83
[PubMed:14973018] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)