YesZ

• Description: beta-galactosidase
  
  

Gene name	yesZ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	beta-galactosidase
Function	unknown
MW, pI	73 kDa, 5.5
Gene length, protein length	1989 bp, 663 aa
Immediate neighbours	yesY, yetA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU07080

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydrolysis of terminal non-reducing beta-D-galactose residues in beta-D-galactosides (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: glycosyl hydrolase 42 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:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31529

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.23

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yesS-yesT-yesU-yesV-yesW-yesX-yesY-yesZ PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: induced by pectin (YesS) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: YesS: transcriptional activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Sandrine Poncet, Maryline Soret, Peggy Mervelet, Josef Deutscher, Philippe Noirot
Transcriptional activator YesS is stimulated by histidine-phosphorylated HPr of the Bacillus subtilis phosphotransferase system.
J Biol Chem: 2009, 284(41);28188-28197
[PubMed:19651770] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Akihito Ochiai, Takafumi Itoh, Akiko Kawamata, Wataru Hashimoto, Kousaku Murata
Plant cell wall degradation by saprophytic Bacillus subtilis strains: gene clusters responsible for rhamnogalacturonan depolymerization.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2007, 73(12);3803-13
[PubMed:17449691] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Stephanie Shipkowski, Jean E Brenchley
Bioinformatic, genetic, and biochemical evidence that some glycoside hydrolase family 42 beta-galactosidases are arabinogalactan type I oligomer hydrolases.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2006, 72(12);7730-8
[PubMed:17056685] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)