YlxS

• Description: similar to 30S ribosomal subunit maturation protein

Gene name	ylxS
Synonyms	ymxA
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	ribosome maturation
MW, pI	17 kDa, 4.482
Gene length, protein length	468 bp, 156 aa
Immediate neighbours	polC, nusA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

proteins of unknown function

This gene is a member of the following regulons

stringent response

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16590

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: UPF0090 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: P32726

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ylxS-nusA-ylxR-ylxQ-infB-ylxP-rbfA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • The mRNA has a long 5' leader region. This may indicate RNA-based regulation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: