TxpA

• Description: toxic peptide
  
  

Gene name	txpA
Synonyms	yqcR, yqdB
Essential	no
Product	toxic peptide
Function	toxin
MW, pI	6 kDa, 8.139
Gene length, protein length	177 bp, 59 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqbN, ratA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU26050

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• 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:

• UniProt: P54373

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: txpA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism: expression is prevented by the ratA antisense RNA PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Richard Losick, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA Homepage

References

Jessica M Silvaggi, John B Perkins, Richard Losick
Small untranslated RNA antitoxin in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(19);6641-50
[PubMed:16166525] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)