YkvQ

• Description: similar to chitinase
  
  

Gene name	ykvQ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ykvQ
MW, pI	26 kDa, 8.949
Gene length, protein length	696 bp, 232 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykzQ, ykzR
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed 500px

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins, poorly characterized/ putative enzymes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13790

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: glycosyl hydrolase 18 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: O31682

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ykvP-ykvQ PubMed

• Expression browser: ykvQ PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK) PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Leif Steil, Mónica Serrano, Adriano O Henriques, Uwe Völker
Genome-wide analysis of temporally regulated and compartment-specific gene expression in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2005, 151(Pt 2);399-420
[PubMed:15699190] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

T Kodama, H Takamatsu, K Asai, N Ogasawara, Y Sadaie, K Watabe
Synthesis and characterization of the spore proteins of Bacillus subtilis YdhD, YkuD, and YkvP, which carry a motif conserved among cell wall binding proteins.
J Biochem: 2000, 128(4);655-63
[PubMed:11011148] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)