ClpX

• Description: ATP-dependent Clp protease ATP-binding subunit (class III heat-shock protein)
  
  

Gene name	clpX
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ATP-dependent Clp protease ATP-binding subunit
Function	protein degradation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phosphorelay, Stress
MW, pI	46 kDa, 4.645
Gene length, protein length	1260 bp, 420 aa
Immediate neighbours	lonB, tig
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28220

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

proteolysis

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATPase/chaperone

• Protein family: clpX chaperone family (according to Swiss-Prot) ClpX (IP004487) InterPro, AAA+ -type ATPase (IPR013093) InterPro (PF07724) PFAM

• Paralogous protein(s): ClpC, ClpE

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains: AAA-ATPase PFAM, Zinc finger PFAM

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: ClpP-ClpX

• Localization: cytoplasmic polar clusters, excluded from the nucleoid, induced clustering upon heat shock, colocalization with ClpP PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: homologue structure resolved 1UM8, structural model of B. subtilis ClpX available from hstrahl

• UniProt: P50866

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: clpX PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by heat stress (CtsR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CtsR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • The mRNA has a long 5' leader region. This may indicate RNA-based regulation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant: clpX::kan, clpX::spec and clpX::cat available from the Hamoen] Lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion: C-terminal GFP fusions (both single copy and 2th copy in amyE locus, also as CFP and YFP variants) available from the Hamoen] Lab

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Leendert Hamoen, Newcastle University, UK homepage