MhqA
- Description: hydroquinone-specific dioxygenase, confers resistence to methyl-hydroxyquinone
Gene name | mhqA |
Synonyms | ykcA |
Essential | no |
Product | hydroquinone-specific dioxygenase |
Function | resistence to methyl-hydroxyquinone |
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: mhqA | |
MW, pI | 35 kDa, 5.404 |
Gene length, protein length | 948 bp, 316 aa |
Immediate neighbours | steT, ykcB |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Expression at a glance PubMed |
Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU12870
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: extradiol ring-cleavage dioxygenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- UniProt: O34689
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon: mhqA PubMed
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Stefanie Töwe, Montira Leelakriangsak, Kazuo Kobayashi, Nguyen Van Duy, Michael Hecker, Peter Zuber, Haike Antelmann
The MarR-type repressor MhqR (YkvE) regulates multiple dioxygenases/glyoxalases and an azoreductase which confer resistance to 2-methylhydroquinone and catechol in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 66(1);40-54
[PubMed:17725564]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Van Duy Nguyen, Carmen Wolf, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Lalk, Peter Langer, Ulrike Lindequist, Michael Hecker, Haike Antelmann
Transcriptome and proteome analyses in response to 2-methylhydroquinone and 6-brom-2-vinyl-chroman-4-on reveal different degradation systems involved in the catabolism of aromatic compounds in Bacillus subtilis.
Proteomics: 2007, 7(9);1391-408
[PubMed:17407181]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)