MurJ

• Description: similar to spore cortex protein
  
  

Gene name	ytgP
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
MW, pI	59 kDa, 10.089
Gene length, protein length	1632 bp, 544 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytzG, ytfP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30050

Phenotypes of a mutant

Mutants lacking YtgP produce long cells and chains of cells, suggesting a role in cell division. PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): SpoVB, YabM, YkvU

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34674

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Allison Fay, Jonathan Dworkin
Bacillus subtilis homologs of MviN (MurJ), the putative Escherichia coli lipid II flippase, are not essential for growth.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(19);6020-8
[PubMed:19666716] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Pradeep Vasudevan, Jessica McElligott, Christa Attkisson, Michael Betteken, David L Popham
Homologues of the Bacillus subtilis SpoVB protein are involved in cell wall metabolism.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(19);6012-9
[PubMed:19648239] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)