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• Description: penicillin-binding protein 2B
  
  

Gene name	pbpB
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	penicillin-binding protein 2B
Function	septation
MW, pI	79 kDa, 9.234
Gene length, protein length	2148 bp, 716 aa
Immediate neighbours	ftsL, spoVD
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Caution: The sequence for this gene in SubtiList contains errors
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

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• Interactions:

• Localization: extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed, localizes to the sporulation septum during sporulation Link to a summary

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: constitutively expressed Link to a summary

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Jeff Errington lab

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Jeff Errington, Newcastle University, UK homepage

References

1. Voigt et al. (2009) Cell physiology and protein secretion of Bacillus licheniformis compared to Bacillus subtilis. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol. 16: 53-68 PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed