Abh

• Description: transcriptional regulator of transition state genes
  
  

Gene name	abh
Synonyms	ylxT, yzaA
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional regulator
Function	regulation of gene expression during the transition from growth to stationary phase
MW, pI	10 kDa, 5.753
Gene length, protein length	276 bp, 92 aa
Immediate neighbours	mreBH, kinC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14480

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): AbrB, SpoVT (only N-terminal domain)

Genes controlled by Abh

• slrR PubMed

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2FY9 (N-terminal DNA recognition domain)

• UniProt: P39758

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: abh PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigW PubMed, SigX PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: TMB163 (aphA3), available in the Thorsten Mascher lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mark Strauch, Baltimore, USA homepage

References

Ewan J Murray, Mark A Strauch, Nicola R Stanley-Wall
SigmaX is involved in controlling Bacillus subtilis biofilm architecture through the AbrB homologue Abh.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(22);6822-32
[PubMed:19767430] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Yun Luo, John D Helmann
Extracytoplasmic function sigma factors with overlapping promoter specificity regulate sublancin production in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(15);4951-8
[PubMed:19465659] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Mark A Strauch, Benjamin G Bobay, John Cavanagh, Fude Yao, Angelo Wilson, Yoann Le Breton
Abh and AbrB control of Bacillus subtilis antimicrobial gene expression.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(21);7720-32
[PubMed:17720793] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Benjamin G Bobay, Geoffrey A Mueller, Richele J Thompson, Alexey G Murzin, Ronald A Venters, Mark A Strauch, John Cavanagh
NMR structure of AbhN and comparison with AbrBN: FIRST insights into the DNA binding promiscuity and specificity of AbrB-like transition state regulator proteins.
J Biol Chem: 2006, 281(30);21399-21409
[PubMed:16702211] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Masakuni Serizawa, Keisuke Kodama, Hiroki Yamamoto, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara, Junichi Sekiguchi
Functional analysis of the YvrGHb two-component system of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the regulated genes by DNA microarray and northern blot analyses.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2005, 69(11);2155-69
[PubMed:16306698] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

X Huang, J D Helmann
Identification of target promoters for the Bacillus subtilis sigma X factor using a consensus-directed search.
J Mol Biol: 1998, 279(1);165-73
[PubMed:9636707] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J R LeDeaux, A D Grossman
Isolation and characterization of kinC, a gene that encodes a sensor kinase homologous to the sporulation sensor kinases KinA and KinB in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(1);166-75
[PubMed:8002614] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)