DesK

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  • Description: two-component sensor kinase, regulation of cold shock expression of des

Gene name desK
Synonyms yocF
Essential no
Product two-component sensor kinase
Function regulation of cold shock expression of des
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: desK
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: DesK
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Fatty acid degradation
MW, pI 42 kDa, 9.428
Gene length, protein length 1110 bp, 370 aa
Immediate neighbours des, desR
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

lipid metabolism/ other, protein modification, transcription factors and their control, cold stress proteins, membrane proteins, phosphoproteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU19190

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: autophosphorylation, phosphorylation of DesR
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
    • 5 transmembrane helices
    • cytoplasmatic C-terminal trail
  • Modification: autophosphorylation on a His residue
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity: unsaturated fatty acids are negative effectors of the system

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

  • DesK has the ability to sense changes in membrane fluidity PubMed

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • induced by cold shock (12-fold) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Original publications