YyaF

• Description: GTP-binding protein/ GTPase
  
  

Gene name	yyaF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	GTP-binding protein/ GTPase
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yyaF
MW, pI	39 kDa, 4.659
Gene length, protein length	1098 bp, 366 aa
Immediate neighbours	rpsF, yyaE
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

GTP-binding proteins, proteins of unknown function

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU40920

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Binds and hydrolyzes GTP and readily exchanges GDP for GTP

• Protein family: EngD subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot) Era/Obg family

• Paralogous protein(s): Era, Obg, YphC, YsxC, RbgA, YqeH, ThdF, YyaF, YnbA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37518

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yyaF-rpsF-ssbA-rpsR PubMed

• Expression browser: yyaF PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
  • ComK: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:
  • for expression/ purification from B. subtilis with N-terminal Strep-tag, for SPINE, in pGP380: pGP836, available in Stülke lab
  • for expression/ purification from E. coli with N-terminal His-tag, in pWH844: pGP844, available in Stülke lab

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Naotake Ogasawara, Nara, Japan