YlmB

• Description: N-formyl-4-amino-5-aminomethyl-2-methylpyrimidine deformylase

Gene name	ylmB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	N-formyl-4-amino-5-aminomethyl-2-methylpyrimidine deformylase
Function	thiamine salvage
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Thiamin synthesis
MW, pI	47 kDa, 4.981
Gene length, protein length	1278 bp, 426 aa
Immediate neighbours	ylmA, ylmC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15350

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: N-formyl-4-amino-5-aminomethyl-2-methylpyrimidine + H2O = formate + 4-amino-5-aminomethyl-2-methylpyrimidine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): YodQ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):Binds 2 zinc or cobalt ions per subunit (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31724

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: