DefB
- Description: major formylmethionine deformylase
| Gene name | ykrB |
| Synonyms | defB |
| Essential | no |
| Product | formylmethionine deformylase |
| Function | translation |
| MW, pI | 20 kDa, 5.456 |
| Gene length, protein length | 552 bp, 184 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | ykrA, ykyA |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
translation, protein modification
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU14560
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Formyl-L-methionyl peptide + H2O = formate + methionyl peptide (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: polypeptide deformylase family (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: 1LQY (complex with antibiotic actinonin, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
- UniProt: Q45495
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number: 3.5.1.88
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
