YkfB

Gene name	ykfB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	L-Ala-D/L-Glu epimerase
Function	cell wall metabolism
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ykfB
MW, pI	39 kDa, 5.905
Gene length, protein length	1098 bp, 366 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykfA, ykfC
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

cell wall/ other

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CodY regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU12980

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

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• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1TKK (complex with substrate), 1JPM

• UniProt: O34508

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: ykfB PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: repressed by CodY PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: CodY: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: