PrsW
- Description: protease, cleaves RsiW in the presence of antimicrobial peptides
| Gene name | prsW |
| Synonyms | ypdC |
| Essential | no |
| Product | protease |
| Function | control of SigW activity |
| MW, pI | 24 kDa, 8.085 |
| Gene length, protein length | 654 bp, 218 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | sleB, ypdA |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU22940
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: protease prsW family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization: forespore (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: P50738
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Thomas Wiegert, University of Bayreuth, Germany Homepage
Your additional remarks
References
Janine Heinrich, Kerstin Hein, Thomas Wiegert
Two proteolytic modules are involved in regulated intramembrane proteolysis of Bacillus subtilis RsiW.
Mol Microbiol: 2009, 74(6);1412-26
[PubMed:19889088]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Janine Heinrich, Thomas Wiegert
YpdC determines site-1 degradation in regulated intramembrane proteolysis of the RsiW anti-sigma factor of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 62(2);566-79
[PubMed:17020587]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Craig D Ellermeier, Richard Losick
Evidence for a novel protease governing regulated intramembrane proteolysis and resistance to antimicrobial peptides in Bacillus subtilis.
Genes Dev: 2006, 20(14);1911-22
[PubMed:16816000]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
