AlbF

• Description: antilisterial bacteriocin (subtilosin) production
  
  

Gene name	albF
Synonyms	ywhN
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	antilisterial bacteriocin (subtilosin) production
MW, pI	48 kDa, 5.42
Gene length, protein length	1278 bp, 426 aa
Immediate neighbours	albE, albG
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, ResD regulon, Rok regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37420

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: peptidase M16 family (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:

• UniProt: P71006

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sboA-sboX-albA-albB-albC-albD-albE-albF-albG PubMed

• Expression browser: albF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by Rok PubMed
  • expressed under anaerobic conditions (ResD) PubMed
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Rok: transcription repression PubMed
  • ResD: transcription activation PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

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)

Mark Albano, Wiep Klaas Smits, Linh T Y Ho, Barbara Kraigher, Ines Mandic-Mulec, Oscar P Kuipers, David Dubnau
The Rok protein of Bacillus subtilis represses genes for cell surface and extracellular functions.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(6);2010-9
[PubMed:15743949] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M M Nakano, G Zheng, P Zuber
Dual control of sbo-alb operon expression by the Spo0 and ResDE systems of signal transduction under anaerobic conditions in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(11);3274-7
[PubMed:10809710] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

G Zheng, R Hehn, P Zuber
Mutational analysis of the sbo-alb locus of Bacillus subtilis: identification of genes required for subtilosin production and immunity.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(11);3266-73
[PubMed:10809709] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

G Zheng, L Z Yan, J C Vederas, P Zuber
Genes of the sbo-alb locus of Bacillus subtilis are required for production of the antilisterial bacteriocin subtilosin.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(23);7346-55
[PubMed:10572140] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)