KatX

• Description: catalase, general stress protein
  
  

Gene name	katX
Synonyms	yxlI
Essential	no
Product	catalase (major catalase in spores)
Function	detoxification (degradation) of hydrogen peroxide
MW, pI	62 kDa, 5.341
Gene length, protein length	1641 bp, 547 aa
Immediate neighbours	aag, yxlH
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38630

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 H₂O₂ = O₂ + 2 H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: catalase 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: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P94377

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation: induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Höper et al. (2005) Comprehensive Characterization of the Contribution of Individual SigB-Dependent General Stress Genes to Stress Resistance of Bacillus subtilis. J. Bact. 187: 2810-2826 PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed