YsbB

• Description: putative peptidoglycan hydrolase, probably involved in cell wall turnover
  
  

Gene name	ysbB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
MW, pI	24 kDa, 9.81
Gene length, protein length	693 bp, 231 aa
Immediate neighbours	yscB, ysbA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall degradation/ turnover

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28900

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P94516

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • ysbA-ysbB PubMed
  • ysbB PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • the mRNA is substantially stabilized upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • GP1554 (ysbA-ysbB::spc), available in Jörg Stülke's lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Lehnik-Habrink M, Schaffer M, Mäder U, Diethmaier C, Herzberg C, Stülke J  
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y. 
Mol Microbiol. 2011 81(6): 1459-1473. 
PubMed:21815947