XkdK

• Description: PBSX prophage
  
  

Gene name	xkdK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
MW, pI	49 kDa, 4.547
Gene length, protein length	1392 bp, 464 aa
Immediate neighbours	xkdJ, xkdM
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU12650

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:

• Localization: extracellular (no signal peptide) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54331

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: xtmA-xtmB-xkdE-xkdF-xkdG-xkdH-xkdI-xkdJ-xkdK-xkdM PubMed

• Sigma factor: Xpf PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Birgit Voigt, Haike Antelmann, Dirk Albrecht, Armin Ehrenreich, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Stefan Evers, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Thomas Schweder, Michael Hecker
Cell physiology and protein secretion of Bacillus licheniformis compared to Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2009, 16(1-2);53-68
[PubMed:18957862] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

G E McDonnell, H Wood, K M Devine, D J McConnell
Genetic control of bacterial suicide: regulation of the induction of PBSX in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(18);5820-30
[PubMed:8083174] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H E Wood, M T Dawson, K M Devine, D J McConnell
Characterization of PBSX, a defective prophage of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1990, 172(5);2667-74
[PubMed:2110147] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)