FtsY

• Description: signal recognition particle
  
  

Gene name	ftsY
Synonyms	srb
Essential	no
Product	signal recognition particle
Function	protein secretion
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: FtsY
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	36 kDa, 5.081
Gene length, protein length	987 bp, 329 aa
Immediate neighbours	smc, ylqB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

protein secretion, sporulation proteins, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

GerE regulon, SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15950

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: GTP-binding SRP family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • Ffh-FtsY in the signal recognition particle PubMed

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

Database entries

• Structure:
  • 2XXA (complex Ffh-FtsY-Scr RNA, from E. coli) PubMed

• UniProt: P51835

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • rnc-smc-ftsY PubMed
  • ftsY PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • rnc: SigA PubMed
  • ftsY: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed during vegetative growth and during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: