AzoR1

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  • Description: azoreductase, involved in quinone detoxification

Gene name azoR1
Synonyms yocJ
Essential no
Product azoreductase
Function quinone detoxification
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: azoR1
MW, pI 22 kDa, 4.994
Gene length, protein length 624 bp, 208 aa
Immediate neighbours bsrB, yocK
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
YocJ context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress

This gene is a member of the following regulons

YodB regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU19230

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s): AzoR2

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure: 3P0R (from B. anthracis, 64% identity, 81% similarity)
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation:
    • induced by thiol-reactive compounds (catechol, menaquinone) (YodB) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Montira Leelakriangsak, Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen, Stefanie Töwe, Nguyen van Duy, Dörte Becher, Michael Hecker, Haike Antelmann, Peter Zuber
Regulation of quinone detoxification by the thiol stress sensing DUF24/MarR-like repressor, YodB in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 67(5);1108-24
[PubMed:18208493] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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)