NicK

• Description: DNA relaxase, similar to transposon protein
  
  

Gene name	nicK
Synonyms	ydcR
Essential	no
Product	DNA relaxase, similar to transposon protein
Function	conjugation of ICE BS1
MW, pI	40 kDa, 5.131
Gene length, protein length	1056 bp, 352 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydcQ , ydcS
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04870

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

mobile genetic elements

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: plasmid replication initiation factor 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: P96635

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Elisabeth Grohmann
Autonomous plasmid-like replication of Bacillus ICEBs1: a general feature of integrative conjugative elements?
Mol Microbiol: 2010, 75(2);261-3
[PubMed:19943906] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original Publications

Catherine A Lee, Ana Babic, Alan D Grossman
Autonomous plasmid-like replication of a conjugative transposon.
Mol Microbiol: 2010, 75(2);268-79
[PubMed:19943900] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Catherine A Lee, Alan D Grossman
Identification of the origin of transfer (oriT) and DNA relaxase required for conjugation of the integrative and conjugative element ICEBs1 of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(20);7254-61
[PubMed:17693500] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)