YwjE

• Description: minor cardiolipin synthetase
  
  

Gene name	ywjE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	minor cardiolipin synthetase
Function	phospholipid biosynthesis
MW, pI	45 kDa, 9.053
Gene length, protein length	1194 bp, 398 aa
Immediate neighbours	fadF, ywjD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37190

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: Cardiolipin synthase subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): ClsA, YwiE

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P45865

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Letal I Salzberg, John D Helmann
Phenotypic and transcriptomic characterization of Bacillus subtilis mutants with grossly altered membrane composition.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(23);7797-807
[PubMed:18820022] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Claudia S López, Alejandro F Alice, Horacio Heras, Emilio A Rivas, Carmen Sánchez-Rivas
Role of anionic phospholipids in the adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to high salinity.
Microbiology (Reading): 2006, 152(Pt 3);605-616
[PubMed:16514141] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Fumitaka Kawai, Momoko Shoda, Rie Harashima, Yoshito Sadaie, Hiroshi Hara, Kouji Matsumoto
Cardiolipin domains in Bacillus subtilis marburg membranes.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(5);1475-83
[PubMed:14973018] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)