YcbK

• Description: similar to efflux system
  
  

Gene name	ycbK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phe, Tyr, Trp
MW, pI	33 kDa, 9.572
Gene length, protein length	936 bp, 312 aa
Immediate neighbours	rtpA, ycbL
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02540

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), membrane proteins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: DUF6 domain (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

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: P42243

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rtpA-ycbK PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • rtpA: SigA PubMed
  • ycbK: SigB PubMed

• Regulation:
  • rtpA: induced by tryptophan limitation (T-box in the mRNA leader) PubMed
  • ycbK:
    • induced by tryptophan limitation (MtrB in the mRNA leader) PubMed
    • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • T-box: transcription termination/ antitermination PubMed
  • MtrB: control of translation initiation (access of the ribosome to the Shine-Dalgarno sequence) PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: