YjbC

• Description: general stress protein, required for survival of salt and paraquat stresses
  
  

Gene name	yjbC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	survival of paraquat stress
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yjbC
MW, pI	22 kDa, 5.14
Gene length, protein length	576 bp, 192 aa
Immediate neighbours	yjbB, spx
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

general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

PerR regulon, SigB regulon, SigM regulon, SigW regulon, SigX regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU11490

Phenotypes of a mutant

strongly impaired survival of salt stress PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31601

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yjbC-spx PubMed

• Expression browser: yjbC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigW, SigB, SigX, PubMed, SigM PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed
  • transcription is represed by YodB PubMed
  • repressed in the absence of hydrogen peroxide (PerR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: transcription repression
  • PerR: transcription repression PubMed

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

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Alexander Reder, Dirk Höper, Ulf Gerth, Michael Hecker
Contributions of individual σB-dependent general stress genes to oxidative stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2012, 194(14);3601-10
[PubMed:22582280] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Martin Lehnik-Habrink, Marc Schaffer, Ulrike Mäder, Christine Diethmaier, Christina Herzberg, Jörg Stülke
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y.
Mol Microbiol: 2011, 81(6);1459-73
[PubMed:21815947] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Montira Leelakriangsak, Kazuo Kobayashi, Peter Zuber
Dual negative control of spx transcription initiation from the P3 promoter by repressors PerR and YodB in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(5);1736-44
[PubMed:17158660] [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)

H Antelmann, C Scharf, M Hecker
Phosphate starvation-inducible proteins of Bacillus subtilis: proteomics and transcriptional analysis.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(16);4478-90
[PubMed:10913081] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)