YxeK

• Description: similar to monooxygenase
  
  

Gene name	yxeK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	sulphur metabolism
MW, pI	49 kDa, 5.668
Gene length, protein length	1323 bp, 441 aa
Immediate neighbours	yxeL, yxeJ
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

poorly characterized/ putative enzymes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CymR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU39520

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ntaA/snaA/soxA(dszA) monooxygenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YtnJ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54950

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yxeK-yxeL-yxeM-yxeN-yxeO-yxeP-yxeQ PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of cysteine (CymR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CymR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the amount of the mRNA is substantially decreased upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Lehnik-Habrink M, Schaffer M, Mäder U, Diethmaier C, Herzberg C, Stülke J  
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y. 
Mol Microbiol. 2011 81(6): 1459-1473. 
PubMed:21815947