Efp

• Description: elongation factor P, important for the translation of proteins containing three or more consecutive proline residues
  
  

Gene name	efp
Synonyms	yqhU, yqgF
Essential	no
Product	elongation factor P
Function	translation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: efp
MW, pI	20 kDa, 4.845
Gene length, protein length	555 bp, 185 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqhV, papA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

translation, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24450

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: transpeptidase family (according to Swiss-Prot) elongation factor P 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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P49778

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: efp PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Lili K Doerfel, Ingo Wohlgemuth, Christina Kothe, Frank Peske, Henning Urlaub, Marina V Rodnina
EF-P is essential for rapid synthesis of proteins containing consecutive proline residues.
Science: 2013, 339(6115);85-8
[PubMed:23239624] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Susanne Ude, Jürgen Lassak, Agata L Starosta, Tobias Kraxenberger, Daniel N Wilson, Kirsten Jung
Translation elongation factor EF-P alleviates ribosome stalling at polyproline stretches.
Science: 2013, 339(6115);82-5
[PubMed:23239623] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ulf Gerth, Holger Kock, Ilja Kusters, Stephan Michalik, Robert L Switzer, Michael Hecker
Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(1);321-31
[PubMed:17981983] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Daniel B Kearns, Frances Chu, Rivka Rudner, Richard Losick
Genes governing swarming in Bacillus subtilis and evidence for a phase variation mechanism controlling surface motility.
Mol Microbiol: 2004, 52(2);357-69
[PubMed:15066026] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)