FtsY

• Description: signal recognition particle
  
  

Gene name	ftsY
Synonyms	srb
Essential	no
Product	signal recognition particle
Function	protein secretion
MW, pI	36 kDa, 5.081
Gene length, protein length	987 bp, 329 aa
Immediate neighbours	smc, ylqB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15950

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

protein secretion, sporulation proteins, membrane proteins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: GTP-binding SRP family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

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: P51835

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • rnc-smc-ftsY PubMed
  • ftsY PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • rnc: SigA PubMed
  • ftsY: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed during vegetative growth and during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: