YknX

• Description: ABC-type antimicrobial peptide transporter (permease) for the export of the SdpC toxin
  
  

Gene name	yknX
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ABC-type antimicrobial peptide exporter (permease)
Function	resistence against SdpC toxin
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yknX
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: YknX
MW, pI	41 kDa, 5.178
Gene length, protein length	1131 bp, 377 aa
Immediate neighbours	yknW, yknY
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y), resistance against toxins/ antibiotics, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, SigW regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14350

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):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • YknW-(YknX-(YknY-YknZ) PubMed

• Localization: membrane protein with a large extracytoplasmic domain PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31710

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yknW-yknX-yknY-yknZ PubMed

• Expression browser: yknX PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigW PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Bronwyn G Butcher, John D Helmann
Identification of Bacillus subtilis sigma-dependent genes that provide intrinsic resistance to antimicrobial compounds produced by Bacilli.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 60(3);765-82
[PubMed:16629676] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Qiang Qian, Chien Y Lee, John D Helmann, Mark A Strauch
AbrB is a regulator of the sigma(W) regulon in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2002, 211(2);219-23
[PubMed:12076816] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

X Huang, A Gaballa, M Cao, J D Helmann
Identification of target promoters for the Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function sigma factor, sigma W.
Mol Microbiol: 1999, 31(1);361-71
[PubMed:9987136] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)