YvcJ
- Description: nucleotide-binding protein
Gene name | yvcJ |
Synonyms | |
Essential | no |
Product | nucleotide-binding P-loop-containing protein |
Function | required for the expression of late competence genes |
MW, pI | 33 kDa, 6.702 |
Gene length, protein length | 885 bp, 295 aa |
Immediate neighbours | |
Gene sequence (+200bp) | Protein sequence |
Genetic context ![]() |
Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Coordinates:
Phenotypes of a mutant
reduced competence
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: binds and hydrolyzes nucleotides, required for the expression of late competence genes (comK, comS) PubMed
- Protein family:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization:
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry:
- KEGG entry:
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation: very weak stimuation of expression by citrate and succinate PubMed
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Anne Galinier, University of Marseille, France
Your additional remarks
References
- Galinier, A., Haiech, J., Kilhoffer, M.-C., Jaquinod, M., Stülke, J., Deutscher, J., & Martin-Verstraete, I. (1997) The Bacillus subtilis crh gene encodes a HPr-like protein involved in carbon catabolite repression. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94: 8439-8444. PubMed
- Görke et al. (2005) YvcK of Bacillus subtilis is required for a normal cell shape and for growth on Krebs cycle intermediates and substrates of the pentose phosphate pathway. Microbiology 151: 3777-3791. PubMed
- Luciano: , E. Foulquier, J.-R. Fantino, A. Galinier, and F. Pompeo (2009) Characterization of YvcJ, a conserved P-loop-containing protein, and Its implication in competence in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 191: 1556-1564-3791. PubMed