KatE

• Description: catalase, general stress protein
  
  

Gene name	katE
Synonyms	katB
Essential	no
Product	catalase 2
Function	detoxification (degradation) of hydrogen peroxide
MW, pI	77 kDa, 5.845
Gene length, protein length	2058 bp, 686 aa
Immediate neighbours	yxiS, citH
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU39050

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 H₂O₂ = O₂ + 2 H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: HPII subfamily (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:

• Swiss prot entry: P42234

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: katE-yxiS PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation: induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Juliane Ollinger, Kyung-Bok Song, Haike Antelmann, Michael Hecker, John D Helmann
Role of the Fur regulon in iron transport in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(10);3664-73
[PubMed:16672620] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Petersohn, M Brigulla, S Haas, J D Hoheisel, U Völker, M Hecker
Global analysis of the general stress response of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(19);5617-31
[PubMed:11544224] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Casillas-Martinez, P Setlow
Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase, catalase, MrgA, and superoxide dismutase are not involved in resistance of Bacillus subtilis spores to heat or oxidizing agents.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(23);7420-5
[PubMed:9393707] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Engelmann, M Hecker
Impaired oxidative stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis sigB mutants and the role of katA and katE.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 1996, 145(1);63-9
[PubMed:8931328] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Engelmann, C Lindner, M Hecker
Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and regulation of katE encoding a sigma B-dependent catalase in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(19);5598-605
[PubMed:7559348] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

1. Petersohn et al. (2001) Global Analysis of the General Stress Response of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 183: 5617-5631 PubMed
2. Engelmann, S., Lindner, C. and Hecker, M. 1995. Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and regulation of katE encoding a (sigma)B-dependent catalase in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 177: 5598-5605. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed