large conductance mechanosensitive channel protein, prevents selective release of cytoplasmic proteins in a hypotonic environment
function
resistance to osmotic downshock, glycine betaine export
product
large conductance mechanosensitive channel protein
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.3|Coping with stress] → [category|SW 4.3.7|Coping with hypo-osmotic stress][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins]Gene
Coordinates
3,743,267 3,743,659
Phenotypes of a mutant
sensitive to osmotic downshock (> 0.5 M) during logarithmic growth [Pubmed|19252899]The protein
Protein family
mscL family (single member, according to UniProt)Structure
[PDB|3HZQ] (MscL of ''Staphylococcus aureus'') [Pubmed|19701184][SW|Localization]
cell membrane [Pubmed|19252899]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|BDA23FA513C240B07DC109BB62A7A5EB96B20965|ywpB]-[gene|7F7BC285A1D02B031575BA7E980293CD2962C84A|mscL]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
regulation
expressed in logarithmic phase [Pubmed|19252899]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-A562 (ywpC::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/562 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]1A957 ( ''mscL''::''spec''), [Pubmed|18310427], available at [http://pasture.asc.ohio-state.edu/BGSC/getdetail.cfm?bgscid=1A957&Search=1A957 BGSC]BKE36360 ([gene|7F7BC285A1D02B031575BA7E980293CD2962C84A|mscL]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE36360 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATACAATCACCTGCTTTTC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAAAAAGATGCCGTTAGAABKK36360 ([gene|7F7BC285A1D02B031575BA7E980293CD2962C84A|mscL]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK36360 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATACAATCACCTGCTTTTC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAAAAAGATGCCGTTAGAAReferences
Reviews
12626684,19727188,20825352,22685280,24258154,22685280,24607989,17505523 Original Publications
17665170,18310427,19160392,16897034,19252899,19701184,9632260,19738010,9353933 Labs working on this gene/protein
[SW|Jan Maarten van Dijl], Groningen, Netherlands[SW|Erhard Bremer], University of Marburg, Germany [http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb17/fachgebiete/mikrobio/molmibi homepage]