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| | yadV | Putative periplasmic pilin chaperone; Part of the yadCKLM-htrE-yadVN fimbrial operon. Could contribute to adhesion to various surfaces in specific environmental niches. (246 aa) |
| | yqeL | Uncharacterized protein. (26 aa) |
| | ypdK | Inner membrane protein. (23 aa) |
| | yohP | Uncharacterized membrane protein YohP; Pseudogene; putative channel/filament proteins. (27 aa) |
| | yoeI | Uncharacterized protein. (20 aa) |
| | yobI | Uncharacterized protein. (21 aa) |
| | yoaK | Inner membrane-associated protein. (32 aa) |
| | yoaJ | Inner membrane-associated protein. (24 aa) |
| | ykgR | Uncharacterized protein. (33 aa) |
| | ilvX | Uncharacterized protein. (16 aa) |
| | azuC | Acid-inducible small membrane-associated protein. (28 aa) |
| | ythA | Uncharacterized protein. (41 aa) |
| | ypfM | Stress-induced small enterobacterial protein. (19 aa) |
| | ynhF | Stress response membrane. (29 aa) |
| | yneM | Inner membrane-associated protein; Modulates intracellular Mg(2+) levels to maintain cellular integrity upon Mg(2+) limitation. Acts by binding and stabilizing the Mg(2+) transporter MgtA, thereby leading to increased intracellular level of Mg(2+). May inhibit FtsH proteolysis of MgtA. (31 aa) |
| | yncL | Stress-induced small inner membrane enterobacterial protein. (31 aa) |
| | cbdX | Putative cytochrome bd-II oxidase subunit; Might be part of cytochrome bd-II oxidase (appB and appC). Able to restore reductant resistance to a cydX deletion mutant upon overexpression. CydX and this protein may have some functional overlap. (30 aa) |
| | yohO | Putative membrane protein; Belongs to the UPF0387 family. (35 aa) |
| | yniD | Uncharacterized protein YniD; Pseudogene, ankyrin repeats. (35 aa) |
| | hicA | mRNA interferase toxin of the HicAB toxin-antitoxin system; Toxic component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. A probable translation-independent mRNA interferase. Overexpression causes cessation of cell growth and inhibits cell proliferation via inhibition of translation; this blockage is overcome (after 90 minutes) by subsequent expression of antitoxin HicB. Overexpression causes cleavage of a number of mRNAs and tmRNA, in a translation-independent fashion, suggesting this is an mRNA interferase. mRNA interferases play a role in bacterial persistence to antibiotics ; Belongs t [...] (58 aa) |
| | cydX | Cytochrome d (bd-I) ubiquinol oxidase subunit X; Required for correct functioning of cytochrome bd-I oxidase. This protein and AppX may have some functional overlap. (37 aa) |
| | ykgO | RpmJ-like protein. (46 aa) |
| | cpxP | Inhibitor of the cpx response; Acts as an auxiliary protein in the Cpx two-component envelope stress response system, helping modulate the Cpx response systems response to some inducers. Binds the periplasmic domain of sensor histidine kinase CpxA, inhibiting induction of the Cpx envelope stress response in the absence of inducer; overexpression decreases Cpx pathway activity. Some periplasmic stimulii (shown for P pili subunit PapE and probably 0.3 M NaCl) increase CpxP's susceptibility to DegP, leading to CpxP degradation, inducing the Cpx pathway. Aids in combating extracytoplasmic [...] (166 aa) |
| | blr | Beta-lactam resistance membrane protein; Component of the cell division machinery, which is probably involved in the stabilization of the divisome under certain stress conditions. (41 aa) |
| | radA | DNA repair protein; DNA-dependent ATPase involved in processing of recombination intermediates, plays a role in repairing DNA breaks. Stimulates the branch migration of RecA-mediated strand transfer reactions, allowing the 3' invading strand to extend heteroduplex DNA faster. Binds ssDNA in the presence of ADP but not other nucleotides, has ATPase activity that is stimulated by ssDNA and various branched DNA structures, but inhibited by SSB. Does not have RecA's homology-searching function. Genetic experiments involving combination of radA mutations with mutations in recA, recB, recG, [...] (460 aa) |
| | iraD | RpoS stabilzer after DNA damage, anti-RssB factor; Inhibits RpoS proteolysis by regulating RssB activity, thereby increasing the stability of the sigma stress factor RpoS during oxidative stress. Its effect on RpoS stability is due to its interaction with RssB, which probably blocks the interaction of RssB with RpoS, and the consequent delivery of the RssB-RpoS complex to the ClpXP protein degradation pathway; Belongs to the GpW/Gp25 family. IraD subfamily. (130 aa) |
| | ytfE | Iron-sulfur cluster repair protein RIC; Di-iron-containing protein involved in the repair of iron- sulfur clusters damaged by oxidative and nitrosative stress conditions. (220 aa) |
| | bsmA | Bioflm peroxide resistance protein; Involved in protection of biofilms against oxidative stress. Belongs to the BhsA/McbA family. (109 aa) |
| | aidB | DNA alkylation damage repair protein; Part of the adaptive DNA-repair response to alkylating agents. Could prevent alkylation damage by protecting DNA and destroying alkylating agents that have yet to reach their DNA target. Binds to double-stranded DNA with a preference for a DNA region that includes its own promoter. Shows weak isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase activity in vitro. (541 aa) |
| | rnr | Exoribonuclease R, RNase R; 3'-5' exoribonuclease that releases 5'-nucleoside monophosphates and is involved in maturation of structured RNAs (rRNAs, tRNAs and SsrA/tmRNA). In stationary phase, involved in the post- transcriptional regulation of ompA mRNA stability. Shortens RNA processively to di- and trinucleotides. In vitro, exhibits helicase activity, which is independent of its RNase activity. RNases 2 and R (rnb and this entry) contribute to rRNA degradation during starvation, while RNase R and PNPase (this entry and pnp) are the major contributors to quality control of rRNA duri [...] (813 aa) |
| | hfq | Global sRNA chaperone; RNA chaperone that binds small regulatory RNA (sRNAs) and mRNAs to facilitate mRNA translational regulation in response to envelope stress, environmental stress and changes in metabolite concentrations. Involved in the regulation of stress responses mediated by the sigma factors RpoS, sigma-E and sigma-32. Binds with high specificity to tRNAs. Binds sRNA antitoxin RalA. In vitro, stimulates synthesis of long tails by poly(A) polymerase I. Required for RNA phage Qbeta replication. Seems to play a role in persister cell formation; upon overexpression decreases pers [...] (102 aa) |
| | pspG | Phage shock protein G; Effector of the phage shock response. (80 aa) |
| | yjaZ | Stationary phase growth adaptation protein; Heat shock protein htrC; Protein involved in response to temperature stimulus. (179 aa) |
| | hslV | Peptidase component of the HslUV protease; Protease subunit of a proteasome-like degradation complex believed to be a general protein degrading machinery. The complex has been shown to be involved in the specific degradation of heat shock induced transcription factors such as RpoH and SulA. In addition, small hydrophobic peptides are also hydrolyzed by HslV. HslV has weak protease activity even in the absence of HslU, but this activity is induced more than 100-fold in the presence of HslU. HslU recognizes protein substrates and unfolds these before guiding them to HslV for hydrolysis. [...] (176 aa) |
| | hslU | Molecular chaperone and ATPase component of HslUV protease; ATPase subunit of a proteasome-like degradation complex; this subunit has chaperone activity. The binding of ATP and its subsequent hydrolysis by HslU are essential for unfolding of protein substrates subsequently hydrolyzed by HslV. HslU recognizes the N-terminal part of its protein substrates and unfolds these before they are guided to HslV for hydrolysis. (443 aa) |
| | cpxR | Response regulator in two-component regulatory system with CpxA; Response regulator member of the two-component regulatory system CpxA/CpxR which responds to envelope stress response by activating expression of downstream genes including cpxP, degP, dsbA and ppiA. Required for efficient binding of stationary phase cells to hydrophobic surfaces, part of the process of biofilm formation. Induced upon cell surface binding, subsequently induces genes it controls (cpxP, dsbA and spy, degP is only partially induced). Binds and activates transcription from the degP promoter ; binding is enhan [...] (232 aa) |
| | srkA | Cpx stress response Thr/Ser protein kinase; A protein kinase that (auto)phosphorylates on Ser and Thr residues. Probably acts to suppress the effects of stress linked to accumulation of reactive oxygen species. Protects cells from stress by antagonizing the MazE-MazF TA module, probably indirectly as it has not been seen to phosphorylate MazE, MazF or MazG. Probably involved in the extracytoplasmic stress response. (328 aa) |
| | pstS | Phosphate ABC transporter periplasmic binding protein; Part of the ABC transporter complex PstSACB involved in phosphate import; Belongs to the PstS family. (346 aa) |
| | ibpA | Heat shock chaperone; Associates with aggregated proteins, together with IbpB, to stabilize and protect them from irreversible denaturation and extensive proteolysis during heat shock and oxidative stress. Aggregated proteins bound to the IbpAB complex are more efficiently refolded and reactivated by the ATP-dependent chaperone systems ClpB and DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE. Its activity is ATP-independent. (137 aa) |
| | ibpB | Heat shock chaperone; Associates with aggregated proteins, together with IbpA, to stabilize and protect them from irreversible denaturation and extensive proteolysis during heat shock and oxidative stress. Aggregated proteins bound to the IbpAB complex are more efficiently refolded and reactivated by the ATP-dependent chaperone systems ClpB and DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE. Its activity is ATP-independent. (142 aa) |
| | hldD | ADP-L-glycero-D-mannoheptose-6-epimerase, NAD(P)-binding; Catalyzes the interconversion between ADP-D-glycero-beta-D- manno-heptose and ADP-L-glycero-beta-D-manno-heptose via an epimerization at carbon 6 of the heptose; Belongs to the NAD(P)-dependent epimerase/dehydratase family. HldD subfamily. (310 aa) |
| | cspA | RNA chaperone and antiterminator, cold-inducible; Binds to and stimulates the transcription of the CCAAT- containing, cold-shock-inducible promoters of the H-NS and GyrA proteins. Binds also to the inverted repeat 5'-ATTGG-3'. (70 aa) |
| | gadE | Gad regulon transcriptional activator; Regulates the expression of several genes involved in acid resistance. Required for the expression of gadA and gadBC, among others, regardless of media or growth conditions. Binds directly to the 20 bp GAD box found in the control regions of both loci. (175 aa) |
| | rpoH | RNA polymerase, sigma 32 (sigma H) factor; Sigma factors are initiation factors that promote the attachment of RNA polymerase to specific initiation sites and are then released. This sigma factor is involved in regulation of expression of heat shock genes. Intracellular concentration of free RpoH protein increases in response to heat shock, which causes association with RNA polymerase (RNAP) and initiation of transcription of heat shock genes, including numerous global transcriptional regulators and genes involved in maintaining membrane functionality and homeostasis. RpoH is then quic [...] (284 aa) |
| | nfuA | Fe/S biogenesis protein, putative scaffold/chaperone protein; Involved in iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis under severe conditions such as iron starvation or oxidative stress. Binds a 4Fe-4S cluster, can transfer this cluster to apoproteins, and thereby intervenes in the maturation of Fe/S proteins. Could also act as a scaffold/chaperone for damaged Fe/S proteins. Required for E.coli to sustain oxidative stress and iron starvation. Also necessary for the use of extracellular DNA as the sole source of carbon and energy. Belongs to the NfuA family. (191 aa) |
| | ompR | Response regulator in two-component regulatory system with EnvZ; Member of the two-component regulatory system EnvZ/OmpR involved in osmoregulation (particularly of genes ompF and ompC) as well as other genes. Plays a central role in both acid and osmotic stress responses. Binds to the promoter of both ompC and ompF; at low osmolarity it activates ompF transcription, while at high osmolarity it represses ompF and activates ompC transcription. Involved in acid stress response; this requires EnvZ but not OmpR phosphorylation. Phosphorylated by EnvZ; this stimulates OmpR's DNA-binding abi [...] (239 aa) |
| | envZ | Sensory histidine kinase in two-component regulatory system with OmpR; Member of the two-component regulatory system EnvZ/OmpR involved in osmoregulation (particularly of genes ompF and ompC) as well as other genes. EnvZ functions as a membrane-associated protein kinase that phosphorylates OmpR in response to environmental signals; at low osmolarity OmpR activates ompF transcription, while at high osmolarity it represses ompF and activates ompC transcription. Also dephosphorylates OmpR in the presence of ATP. The cytoplasmic dimerization domain (CDD) forms an osmosensitive core; increa [...] (450 aa) |
| | hslO | Heat shock protein Hsp33; Redox regulated molecular chaperone. Protects both thermally unfolding and oxidatively damaged proteins from irreversible aggregation. Plays an important role in the bacterial defense system toward oxidative stress. (292 aa) |
| | hslR | Ribosome-associated heat shock protein Hsp15; Involved in the recycling of free 50S ribosomal subunits that still carry a nascent chain. Binds RNA more specifically than DNA. Binds with very high affinity to the free 50S ribosomal subunit. Does not bind it when it is part of the 70S ribosome; Belongs to the HSP15 family. (133 aa) |
| | degQ | Serine endoprotease, periplasmic; DegQ could degrade transiently denatured and unfolded proteins which accumulate in the periplasm following stress conditions. DegQ is efficient with Val-Xaa and Ile-Xaa peptide bonds, suggesting a preference for a beta-branched side chain amino acids. Only unfolded proteins devoid of disulfide bonds appear capable to be cleaved, thereby preventing non-specific proteolysis of folded proteins. DegQ can substitute for the periplasmic protease DegP. (455 aa) |
| | sspA | Stringent starvation protein A; Forms an equimolar complex with the RNA polymerase holoenzyme (RNAP) but not with the core enzyme. It is synthesized predominantly when cells are exposed to amino acid starvation, at which time it accounts for over 50% of the total protein synthesized. It is involved in the transition from P1 early to P1 late gene expression. Rnk and SspA can functionally replace P.aeruginosa alginate regulatory gene algR2. (212 aa) |
| | sspB | ClpXP protease specificity enhancing factor; Enhances recognition of ssrA-tagged proteins by the ClpX-ClpP protease; the ssrA degradation tag (AANDENYALAA) is added trans- translationally to proteins that are stalled on the ribosome, freeing the ribosome and targeting stalled peptides for degradation. SspB activates the ATPase activity of ClpX. Seems to act in concert with SspA in the regulation of several proteins during exponential and stationary-phase growth. (165 aa) |
| | ibaG | Acid stress protein; Involved in cell resistance against acid stress. (84 aa) |
| | rlmE | 23S rRNA U2552 2'-O-ribose methyltransferase, SAM-dependent; Specifically methylates the uridine in position 2552 of 23S rRNA at the 2'-O position of the ribose in the fully assembled 50S ribosomal subunit. (209 aa) |
| | nusA | Transcription termination/antitermination L factor; Participates in both transcription termination and antitermination. Involved in a variety of cellular and viral termination and antitermination processes, such as Rho-dependent transcriptional termination, intrinsic termination, and phage lambda N- mediated transcriptional antitermination. Also important for coordinating the cellular responses to DNA damage by coupling the processes of nucleotide excision repair and translesion synthesis to transcription. (495 aa) |
| | rbfA | 30s ribosome binding factor; One of at least 4 proteins (Era, RbfA, RimM and RsgA/YjeQ) that assist in the late maturation steps of the functional core of the 30S subunit. Essential for efficient processing of pre-16S rRNA. Probably part of the 30S subunit prior to or during the final step in the processing of 16S free 30S ribosomal subunits. Probably interacts with the 5'- terminal helix region of 16S rRNA. Has affinity for free ribosomal 30S subunits but not for 70S ribosomes. Overexpression suppresses a cold-sensitive C23U 16S rRNA mutation. Overexpression decreases the lag time fol [...] (133 aa) |
| | pnp | Polynucleotide phosphorylase/polyadenylase; Involved in mRNA degradation. Catalyzes the phosphorolysis of single-stranded polyribonucleotides processively in the 3'- to 5'- direction. Also involved, along with RNase II, in tRNA processing. RNases II and R contribute to rRNA degradation during starvation, while RNase R and PNPase are the major contributors to quality control of rRNA during steady state growth. (711 aa) |
| | deaD | ATP-dependent RNA helicase; DEAD-box RNA helicase involved in various cellular processes at low temperature, including ribosome biogenesis, mRNA degradation and translation initiation. Exhibits RNA-stimulated ATP hydrolysis and RNA unwinding activity at low temperature. Involved in 50S ribosomal subunit assembly, acting after SrmB, and could also play a role in the biogenesis of the 30S ribosomal subunit. In addition, is involved in mRNA decay, via formation of a cold-shock degradosome with RNase E. Also stimulates translation of some mRNAs, probably at the level of initiation. (629 aa) |
| | yhbO | Stress-resistance protein; Protein and nucleotide deglycase that catalyzes the deglycation of the Maillard adducts formed between amino groups of proteins or nucleotides and reactive carbonyl groups of glyoxals. Thus, functions as a protein deglycase that repairs methylglyoxal- and glyoxal-glycated proteins, and releases repaired proteins and lactate or glycolate, respectively. Deglycates cysteine, arginine and lysine residues in proteins, and thus reactivates these proteins by reversing glycation by glyoxals. Is able to repair glycated serum albumin, collagen, glyceraldehyde-3-phospha [...] (172 aa) |
| | higB | mRNA interferase toxin of the HigB-HigA toxin-antitoxin system; Toxic component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. A probable translation-dependent mRNA interferase. Overexpression causes cessation of cell growth and inhibits cell proliferation via inhibition of translation; this blockage is overcome by subsequent expression of antitoxin HigA. Overexpression causes cleavage of a number of mRNAs in a translation-dependent fashion, suggesting this is an mRNA interferase. mRNA interferases play a role in bacterial persistence to antibiotics; overexpression of this protein induces p [...] (104 aa) |
| | ribB | 3,4-dihydroxy-2-butanone-4-phosphate synthase; Catalyzes the conversion of D-ribulose 5-phosphate to formate and 3,4-dihydroxy-2-butanone 4-phosphate. (217 aa) |
| | mqsR | GCU-specific mRNA interferase toxin of the MqsR-MqsA toxin-antitoxin system; Toxic component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. Plays a significant role in the control of biofilm formation and induction of persister cells in the presence of antibiotics. An mRNA interferase which has been reported to be translation-independent. It has also been reported to be translation-dependent. Cleavage has been reported to occur on either side of G in the sequence GCU. Also reported to cleave after C in GC(A/U) sequences. There are only 14 genes in E.coli W3110 (and probably also MG1655) tha [...] (98 aa) |
| | mqsA | Antitoxin for MqsR toxin; Antitoxin component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. Labile antitoxin that binds to the MqsR mRNA interferase toxin and neutralizes its endoribonuclease activity. Overexpression prevents MqsR-mediated cessation of cell growth and inhibition of cell proliferation. Initially reported to act as a cotranscription factor with MqsA. Following further experiments, the MqsR-MqsA complex does not bind DNA and all reported data are actually due to a small fraction of free MqsA alone binding DNA. Addition of MqsR to a preformed MqsA-promoter DNA complex causes d [...] (131 aa) |
| | yghG | Lipoprotein YghG; Involved in a type II secretion system (T2SS, formerly general secretion pathway, GSP) for the export of folded proteins across the outer membrane. In a functional T2SS this subunit helps assemble the outer membrane channel; Belongs to the GspS/AspS pilotin family. (136 aa) |
| | yggX | Oxidative damage protective factor for iron-sulfur proteins; Could be a mediator in iron transactions between iron acquisition and iron-requiring processes, such as synthesis and/or repair of Fe-S clusters in biosynthetic enzymes. Necessary to maintain high levels of aconitase under oxidative stress. (91 aa) |
| | yqgB | Uncharacterized protein; Belongs to the YqgB family. (43 aa) |
| | loiP | Phe-Phe periplasmic metalloprotease, OM lipoprotein; Metalloprotease that cleaves substrates preferentially between Phe-Phe residues. Plays a role in response to some stress conditions. Seems to regulate the expression of speB. (252 aa) |
| | mazF | mRNA interferase toxin, antitoxin is MazE; Toxic component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. A sequence-specific endoribonuclease it inhibits protein synthesis by cleaving mRNA and inducing bacterial stasis. It is stable, single- strand specific with mRNA cleavage independent of the ribosome, although translation enhances cleavage for some mRNAs. Cleavage occurs at the 5'-end of ACA sequences, yielding a 2',3'-cyclic phosphate and a free 5'-OH, although cleavage can also occur on the 3'-end of the first A. Digests 16S rRNA in vivo 43 nts upstream of the C- terminus; this remove [...] (111 aa) |
| | rpoS | RNA polymerase, sigma S (sigma 38) factor; Sigma factors are initiation factors that promote the attachment of RNA polymerase to specific initiation sites and are then released. This sigma factor is the master transcriptional regulator of the stationary phase and the general stress response. Controls, positively or negatively, the expression of several hundred genes, which are mainly involved in metabolism, transport, regulation and stress management. (330 aa) |
| | recA | DNA recombination and repair protein; Required for homologous recombination and the bypass of mutagenic DNA lesions by the SOS response. Catalyzes ATP-driven homologous pairing and strand exchange of DNA molecules necessary for DNA recombinational repair. Catalyzes the hydrolysis of ATP in the presence of single-stranded DNA, the ATP-dependent uptake of single- stranded DNA by duplex DNA, and the ATP-dependent hybridization of homologous single-stranded DNAs. The SOS response controls an apoptotic-like death (ALD) induced (in the absence of the mazE-mazF toxin-antitoxin module) in resp [...] (353 aa) |
| | ratA | Toxic UPF0083 family protein inhibitor of 70S ribosome formation; Toxic component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. Binds to 50S ribosomal subunits, preventing them from associating with 30S subunits to form 70S ribosomes and reducing polysomes. It does not cause ribosomes to dissociate however. The antibiotic paromomycin blocks the anti-association activity of RatA. Overexpression results in inhibition of growth in liquid cultures, and in a decrease in protein translation. The other gene of this operon, ratB, is not the cognate antitoxin in this strain; in CFT073 however it do [...] (158 aa) |
| | grpE | Heat shock protein; Participates actively in the response to hyperosmotic and heat shock by preventing the aggregation of stress-denatured proteins, in association with DnaK and GrpE. It is the nucleotide exchange factor for DnaK and may function as a thermosensor. Unfolded proteins bind initially to DnaJ; upon interaction with the DnaJ-bound protein, DnaK hydrolyzes its bound ATP, resulting in the formation of a stable complex. GrpE releases ADP from DnaK; ATP binding to DnaK triggers the release of the substrate protein, thus completing the reaction cycle. Several rounds of ATP-depen [...] (197 aa) |
| | yfiN | Putative membrane-anchored diguanylate cyclase; Bifunctional protein that catalyzes the synthesis of cyclic- di-GMP (c-di-GMP) in response to reductive stress and then dynamically relocates to the division site to arrest cell division in response to envelope stress. In the presence of high intracellular c-di-GMP levels, and in response to envelope stress, interacts with cell division proteins and halts cell division, without disassembling the Z ring, but by blocking its further progress toward cytokinesis. Part of a network that regulates cell motility by altering levels of c- di-GMP. (408 aa) |
| | raiA | Cold shock protein associated with 30S ribosomal subunit; During stationary phase prevents 70S dimer formation, probably in order to regulate translation efficiency during transition between the exponential and the stationary phases. During environmental stress such as cold shock or excessive cell density at stationary phase, stabilizes the 70S ribosome against dissociation, inhibits translation elongation and increases translation accuracy. When normal growth conditions are restored, is quickly released from the ribosome. Has been suggested to inhibit translation elongation by blockin [...] (113 aa) |
| | clpB | Protein disaggregation chaperone; Part of a stress-induced multi-chaperone system, it is involved in the recovery of the cell from heat-induced damage, in cooperation with DnaK, DnaJ and GrpE. Acts before DnaK, in the processing of protein aggregates. Protein binding stimulates the ATPase activity; ATP hydrolysis unfolds the denatured protein aggregates, which probably helps expose new hydrophobic binding sites on the surface of ClpB-bound aggregates, contributing to the solubilization and refolding of denatured protein aggregates by DnaK. (857 aa) |
| | grcA | Autonomous glycyl radical cofactor; Acts as a radical domain for damaged PFL and possibly other radical proteins. (127 aa) |
| | rpoE | RNA polymerase sigma E factor; Sigma factors are initiation factors that promote the attachment of RNA polymerase (RNAP) to specific initiation sites and are then released. Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma-E controls the envelope stress response, responding to periplasmic protein stress, increased levels of periplasmic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as well as heat shock and oxidative stress; it controls protein processing in the extracytoplasmic compartment. The 90 member regulon consists of the genes necessary for the synthesis and maintenance of both proteins and LPS of the outer me [...] (191 aa) |
| | iscR | Isc operon transcriptional repressor; Regulates the transcription of several operons and genes involved in the biogenesis of Fe-S clusters and Fe-S-containing proteins. Transcriptional repressor of the iscRSUA operon, which is involved in the assembly of Fe-S clusters into Fe-S proteins. In its apoform, under conditions of oxidative stress or iron deprivation, it activates the suf operon, which is a second operon involved in the assembly of Fe-S clusters. Represses its own transcription as well as that of toxin rnlA. (162 aa) |
| | hscA | DnaK-like molecular chaperone specific for IscU; Chaperone involved in the maturation of iron-sulfur cluster- containing proteins. Has a low intrinsic ATPase activity which is markedly stimulated by HscB. Involved in the maturation of IscU; Belongs to the heat shock protein 70 family. (616 aa) |
| | yfgG | Uncharacterized protein. (63 aa) |
| | lpxP | Palmitoleoyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP)-dependent acyltransferase; Catalyzes the transfer of palmitoleate from palmitoleoyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) to Kdo(2)-lipid IV(A) to form Kdo(2)- (palmitoleoyl)-lipid IV(A). Required for the biosynthesis of a distinct molecular species of lipid A, which is present only in cells grown at low temperatures. It may confer a selective advantage to cells growing at lower temperatures by making the outer membrane a more effective barrier to harmful chemicals. (306 aa) |
| | ompC | Outer membrane porin protein C; Forms pores that allow passive diffusion of small molecules across the outer membrane. (Microbial infection) A mixed OmpC-OmpF heterotrimer is the outer membrane receptor for toxin CdiA-EC536; polymorphisms in extracellular loops 4 and 5 of OmpC confer susceptibility to CdiA- EC536-mediated toxicity; Belongs to the Gram-negative porin family. (367 aa) |
| | baeR | Response regulator in two-component regulatory system with BaeS; Member of the two-component regulatory system BaeS/BaeR which responds to envelope stress. Activates expression of periplasmic chaperone spy in response to spheroplast formation, indole and P pili protein PapG overexpression. Activates the mdtABCD and probably the CRISPR-Cas casABCDE-ygbT-ygbF operon. (240 aa) |
| | baeS | Sensory histidine kinase in two-component regulatory system with BaeR; Member of the two-component regulatory system BaeS/BaeR which responds to envelope stress. Activates expression of periplasmic chaperone spy in response to spheroplast formation, indole and P pili protein PapG overexpression. Activates BaeR by phosphorylation which then activates the mdtABCD and probably the CRISPR-Cas casABCDE-ygbT-ygbF operons. (467 aa) |
| | sbmC | DNA gyrase inhibitor; Inhibits the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase. Acts by inhibiting DNA gyrase at an early step, prior to (or at the step of) binding of DNA by the gyrase. It protects cells against toxins that target DNA gyrase, by inhibiting activity of these toxins and reducing the formation of lethal double-strand breaks in the cell. Protects cells against the natural plasmid-encoded toxins microcin B17 (MccB17) and CcdB, and synthetic quinolones. Can also protect cells against alkylating agents that act independently of DNA gyrase, suggesting a more general role in protectin [...] (157 aa) |
| | hchA | Protein/nucleic acid deglycase 1; Protein and nucleotide deglycase that catalyzes the deglycation of the Maillard adducts formed between amino groups of proteins or nucleotides and reactive carbonyl groups of glyoxals. Thus, functions as a protein deglycase that repairs methylglyoxal- and glyoxal-glycated proteins, and releases repaired proteins and lactate or glycolate, respectively. Deglycates cysteine, arginine and lysine residues in proteins, and thus reactivates these proteins by reversing glycation by glyoxals. Is able to repair glycated serum albumin, aspartate aminotransferase, [...] (283 aa) |
| | dcyD | D-cysteine desulfhydrase, PLP-dependent; Catalyzes the alpha,beta-elimination reaction of D-cysteine and of several D-cysteine derivatives. It could be a defense mechanism against D-cysteine. Can also catalyze the degradation of 3-chloro-D- alanine. (328 aa) |
| | otsA | Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase; Catalyzes the transfer of glucose from UDP-alpha-D-glucose (UDP-Glc) to D-glucose 6-phosphate (Glc-6-P) to form trehalose-6- phosphate. Acts with retention of the anomeric configuration of the UDP-sugar donor. Essential for viability of the cells at low temperatures and at elevated osmotic strength. Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 20 family. (474 aa) |
| | htpX | Putative endopeptidase; Membrane-localized protease able to endoproteolytically degrade overproduced SecY but not YccA, another membrane protein. It seems to cleave SecY at specific cytoplasmic sites. Does not require ATP. Its natural substrate has not been identified. Probably plays a role in the quality control of integral membrane proteins. Belongs to the peptidase M48B family. (293 aa) |
| | yobF | DUF2527 family heat-induced protein. (47 aa) |
| | astA | Arginine succinyltransferase; Catalyzes the transfer of succinyl-CoA to arginine to produce N(2)-succinylarginine. (344 aa) |
| | astD | Succinylglutamic semialdehyde dehydrogenase; Catalyzes the NAD-dependent reduction of succinylglutamate semialdehyde into succinylglutamate. Also shows activity with decanal or succinic semialdehyde as the electron donor and NAD as the electron acceptor. No activity is detected with NADP as the electron acceptor. Therefore, is an aldehyde dehydrogenase with broad substrate specificity. (492 aa) |
| | astB | Succinylarginine dihydrolase; Catalyzes the hydrolysis of N(2)-succinylarginine into N(2)- succinylornithine, ammonia and CO(2). (447 aa) |
| | astE | Succinylglutamate desuccinylase; Transforms N(2)-succinylglutamate into succinate and glutamate; Belongs to the AspA/AstE family. Succinylglutamate desuccinylase subfamily. (322 aa) |
| | spy | Periplasmic ATP-independent protein refolding chaperone, stress-induced; An ATP-independent periplasmic chaperone, decreases protein aggregation and helps protein refolding. Binds substrate over a large region of its convex inner surface. Substrate protein folds while it is bound to chaperone. Increasing Spy flexibility increases its substrate affinity and overall chaperone activity (shown for 3 different substrates). Protects proteins in vitro against tannin inactivation; tannins have antimicrobial activity. Overexpression enhances the stability of otherwise unstable periplasmic prote [...] (161 aa) |
| | ves | Cold- and stress-inducible protein; Belongs to the Ves family. (191 aa) |
| | btuE | Glutathione peroxidase; Non-specific peroxidase that can use thioredoxin or glutathione as a reducing agent. In vitro, utilizes preferentially thioredoxin A to decompose hydrogen peroxide as well as cumene-, tert- butyl-, and linoleic acid hydroperoxides, suggesting that it may have one or more organic hydroperoxide as its physiological substrate. Belongs to the glutathione peroxidase family. BtuE subfamily. (183 aa) |
| | nemR | Transcriptional repressor for the nemRA-gloA operon, quinone-, glyoxal-, and HOCl-activated; Involved in response to both electrophiles and reactive chlorine species (RCS). Represses the transcription of the nemRA-gloA operon by binding to the NemR box. May sense electrophiles, primarily quinones and glyoxals, as redox signals and regulate the redox state by modulating the expression of nemA and gloA. Also uses the oxidation status of HOCl-sensitive cysteine residues to respond to bleach and related RCS. Involved in response to methylglyoxal. (199 aa) |
| | relB | Antitoxin of the RelE-RelB toxin-antitoxin syste; Antitoxin component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. Counteracts the effect of cognate toxin RelE via direct protein-protein interaction, preventing RelE from entering the ribosome A site and thus inhibiting its endoribonuclease activity. An autorepressor of relBE operon transcription. 2 RelB dimers bind to 2 operator sequences; DNA- binding and repression is stronger when complexed with toxin/corepressor RelE by conditional cooperativity. Increased transcription rate of relBE and activation of relE is consistent with a lower l [...] (79 aa) |
| | relE | Qin prophage; Toxic component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. A sequence-specific, ribosome-dependent mRNA endoribonuclease that inhibits translation during amino acid starvation (the stringent response). In vitro acts by cleaving mRNA with high codon specificity in the ribosomal A site between positions 2 and 3. The stop codon UAG is cleaved at a fast rate while UAA and UGA are cleaved with intermediate and slow rates. In vitro mRNA cleavage can also occur in the ribosomal E site after peptide release from peptidyl- tRNA in the P site as well as on free 30S subunits. In vivo [...] (95 aa) |
| | cspB | Qin prophage; cold shock protein. (71 aa) |
| | safA | Two-component system connector membrane protein, EvgSA to PhoQP; Connects the signal transduction between the two-component systems EvgS/EvgA and PhoQ/PhoP, by directly interacting with PhoQ and thus activating the PhoQ/PhoP system, in response to acid stress conditions; Belongs to the SafA family. (65 aa) |
| | ydcX | DUF2566 family protein; Acts as an orphan toxin which is important for maintaining cell fitness during stress related to the stringent response (decreased amino acid, purine and thymidine availability). Overexpression inhibits cell growth and increases the formation of persister cells. Causes 99.9% of cells to undergo bacterial lysis within 2 hours after induction; nucleoids condense, the cytoplasm seems empty and the periplasmic space enlarges. The intracellular ATP level decreases about 27-fold suggesting the membrane potential may be disrupted. (57 aa) |
| | hicB | Antitoxin for the HicAB toxin-antitoxin system; Antitoxin component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. Functions as an mRNA interferase antitoxin; overexpression prevents HicA-mediated cessation of cell growth and inhibition of cell proliferation. (138 aa) |
| | ldhA | Fermentative D-lactate dehydrogenase, NAD-dependent; Fermentative lactate dehydrogenase; Belongs to the D-isomer specific 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase family. (329 aa) |
| | hslJ | Heat-inducible lipoprotein involved in novobiocin resistance; Heat shock protein hslJ; Protein involved in response to temperature stimulus. (140 aa) |
| | pspE | Thiosulfate:cyanide sulfurtransferase (rhodanese); The phage shock protein (psp) operon (pspABCDE) may play a significant role in the competition for survival under nutrient- or energy-limited conditions. PspE catalyzes the sulfur-transfer reaction from thiosulfate to cyanide, to form sulfite and thiocyanate. Also able to use dithiol (dithiothreitol) as an alternate sulfur acceptor. Also possesses a very low mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase activity. (104 aa) |
| | pspD | Peripheral inner membrane phage-shock protein; The phage shock protein (psp) operon (pspABCDE) may play a significant role in the competition for survival under nutrient- or energy-limited conditions. (73 aa) |
| | pspC | Psp operon transcription co-activator; The phage shock protein (psp) operon (pspABCDE) may play a significant role in the competition for survival under nutrient- or energy-limited conditions. PspC is involved in transcription regulation; Belongs to the phageshock PspC family. (119 aa) |
| | pspB | Psp operon transcription co-activator; The phage shock protein (psp) operon (pspABCDE) may play a significant role in the competition for survival under nutrient- or energy-limited conditions. PspB is involved in transcription regulation; Belongs to the PspB family. (74 aa) |
| | pspA | Regulatory protein for phage-shock-protein operon; The phage shock protein (psp) operon (pspABCDE) may play a significant role in the competition for survival under nutrient- or energy-limited conditions. PspA negatively regulates expression of the pspABCDE promoter and of pspG through negative regulation of the psp- specific transcriptional activator PspF. Is also required for membrane integrity, efficient translocation and maintenance of the proton motive force. Belongs to the PspA/IM30 family. (222 aa) |
| | yciM | LPS regulatory protein; Modulates cellular lipopolysaccharide (LPS) levels by regulating LpxC, which is involved in lipid A biosynthesis. May act by modulating the proteolytic activity of FtsH towards LpxC. May also coordinate assembly of proteins involved in LPS synthesis at the plasma membrane. (389 aa) |
| | yciS | DUF1049 family inner membrane protein, function unknown; Involved in the assembly of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Belongs to the LapA family. (102 aa) |
| | hns | Global DNA-binding transcriptional dual regulator H-NS; A DNA-binding protein implicated in transcriptional repression (silencing). Also involved in bacterial chromosome organization and compaction. H-NS binds tightly to AT-rich dsDNA and inhibits transcription. Binds upstream and downstream of initiating RNA polymerase, trapping it in a loop and preventing transcription. Binds to hundreds of sites, approximately half its binding sites are in non-coding DNA, which only accounts for about 10% of the genome. Many of these loci were horizontally transferred (HTG); this offers the selectiv [...] (137 aa) |
| | rssB | PcnB-degradosome interaction factor; Regulates the turnover of the sigma S factor (RpoS) by promoting its proteolysis in exponentially growing cells. Acts by binding and delivering RpoS to the ClpXP protease. RssB is not co- degraded with RpoS, but is released from the complex and can initiate a new cycle of RpoS recognition and degradation. In stationary phase, could also act as an anti-sigma factor and reduce the ability of RpoS to activate gene expression. Is also involved in the regulation of the mRNA polyadenylation pathway during stationary phase, probably by maintaining the asso [...] (337 aa) |
| | iraM | Anti-adapter protein IraM; Inhibits RpoS proteolysis by regulating RssB activity, thereby increasing the stability of the sigma stress factor RpoS during magnesium starvation. May also be involved in the early steps of isoprenoid biosynthesis, possibly through its role as RssB regulator. (107 aa) |
| | bhsA | Biofilm, cell surface and signaling protein; Reduces the permeability of the outer membrane to copper. Seems to be involved in the regulation of biofilm formation. May decrease biofilm formation by repressing cell-cell interaction and cell surface interaction; Belongs to the BhsA/McbA family. (85 aa) |
| | ymdB | O-acetyl-ADP-ribose deacetylase; Deacetylates O-acetyl-ADP ribose to yield ADP-ribose and free acetate. Down-regulates ribonuclease 3 (RNase III) activity. Acts by interacting directly with the region of the ribonuclease that is required for dimerization/activation. Overexpression inhibits biofilm formation via an RNase III-independent pathway. This inhibition is RpoS-dependent. Overexpression also results in increased susceptibility to apramycin. Belongs to the YmdB family. (177 aa) |
| | phoH | PhoB-dependent, ATP-binding pho regulon component; may be helicase; induced by P starvation; Protein involved in phosphorus metabolic process and response to starvation; Belongs to the PhoH family. (354 aa) |
| | cspG | Homolog of Salmonella cold shock protein; Protein involved in response to temperature stimulus. (70 aa) |
| | hspQ | Heat shock protein involved in degradation of mutant DnaA; Involved in the degradation of certain denaturated proteins, including DnaA, during heat shock stress. (105 aa) |
| | rmf | Ribosome modulation factor; During stationary phase, converts 70S ribosomes to an immature dimeric form (90S ribosomes) which are converted to inactive 100S ribosomes (a process called ribosomal hibernation) by the hibernation promoting factor HPF. Inactivates ribosomes by covering the peptidyl transferase (PTase) center of the 23S rRNA and the entrance of peptide exit tunnel. However crystallization with T.thermophilus 70S ribosomes shows it binds near the 3'-end of the 16S rRNA near the anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence, where it would sterically hinder translation inititation. In this cr [...] (55 aa) |
| | acrZ | AcrAB-TolC efflux pump accessory protein, membrane-associated; AcrA-AcrB-AcrZ-TolC is a drug efflux protein complex with a broad substrate specificity. This protein binds to AcrB and is required for efflux of some but not all substrates, suggesting it may influence the specificity of drug export. (49 aa) |
| | hscC | Hsp70 family chaperone Hsc62; Probable chaperone. Has ATPase activity. Not stimulated by DnaJ. (556 aa) |
| | uspG | Universal stress protein UP12; Has intrinsic autoadenylation and autophosphorylation activities, probably on Ser or Thr residues. Belongs to the universal stress protein A family. (142 aa) |
| | cstA | Carbon starvation protein involved in peptide utilization; Involved in peptide utilization during carbon starvation. (701 aa) |
| | ybbN | DnaK co-chaperone, thioredoxin-like protein; Chaperedoxin that combines a chaperone activity with a redox- protective function. Involved in the protection against hypochlorous acid (HOCl), the active ingredient of bleach, which kills bacteria by causing protein aggregation. Functions as an efficient holdase chaperone that protects the substrates of the major folding systems GroEL/GroES and DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE from aggregation. In addition, it prevents the irreversible oxidation of its substrates through the formation of mixed disulfide complexes. After bleach stress, it transfers its substr [...] (284 aa) |
| | htpG | Protein refolding molecular co-chaperone Hsp90, Hsp70-dependent; Molecular chaperone. Has ATPase activity. (624 aa) |
| | ppiD | Periplasmic folding chaperone, has an inactive PPIase domain; PPIases accelerate the folding of proteins. Seems to be involved in the folding of outer membrane proteins. Its preference at the P1 position of the peptide substrate is Glu > Leu > Ala > His > Val > Phe > Ile > Gly > Lys > Thr. (623 aa) |
| | lon | DNA-binding ATP-dependent protease La; ATP-dependent serine protease that mediates the selective degradation of mutant and abnormal proteins as well as certain short- lived regulatory proteins, including some antitoxins. Required for cellular homeostasis and for survival from DNA damage and developmental changes induced by stress. Degrades polypeptides processively to yield small peptide fragments that are 5 to 10 amino acids long. Binds to DNA in a double-stranded, site-specific manner. Endogenous substrates include the regulatory proteins RcsA and SulA, the transcriptional activator [...] (784 aa) |
| | clpX | ATPase and specificity subunit of ClpX-ClpP ATP-dependent serine protease; ATP-dependent specificity component of the Clp protease. Uses cycles of ATP binding and hydrolysis to unfold proteins and translocate them to the ClpP protease. It directs the protease to specific substrates both with and without the help of adapter proteins such as SspB. Participates in the final steps of RseA-sigma-E degradation, liberating sigma-E to induce the extracytoplasmic-stress response. It may bind to the lambda O substrate protein and present it to the ClpP protease in a form that can be recognized a [...] (424 aa) |
| | clpP | Proteolytic subunit of ClpA-ClpP and ClpX-ClpP ATP-dependent serine proteases; Cleaves peptides in various proteins in a process that requires ATP hydrolysis. Has a chymotrypsin-like activity. Plays a major role in the degradation of misfolded proteins. May play the role of a master protease which is attracted to different substrates by different specificity factors such as ClpA or ClpX. Participates in the final steps of RseA-sigma-E degradation, liberating sigma-E to induce the extracytoplasmic-stress response. Degrades antitoxin MazE. (207 aa) |
| | bolA | Stationary-phase morphogene, transcriptional repressor for mreB; Transcriptional regulator that plays an important role in general stress response. Has many effects on cell morphology, cell growth and cell division. Acts by regulating the transcription of many genes, including dacA (PBP-5), dacC (PBP-6), ampC and mreB. Probably involved in the coordination of genes that adapt the cell physiology in order to enhance cell adaptation and survival under stress conditions. Essential for normal cell morphology in stationary phase and under conditions of starvation. Also regulates a complex n [...] (105 aa) |
| | yajL | Oxidative-stress-resistance chaperone; Protein and nucleotide deglycase that catalyzes the deglycation of the Maillard adducts formed between amino groups of proteins or nucleotides and reactive carbonyl groups of glyoxals. Thus, functions as a protein deglycase that repairs methylglyoxal- and glyoxal-glycated proteins, and releases repaired proteins and lactate or glycolate, respectively. Deglycates cysteine, arginine and lysine residues in proteins, and thus reactivates these proteins by reversing glycation by glyoxals. Is able to repair glycated serum albumin, collagen, glyceraldehy [...] (196 aa) |
| | iraP | anti-RssB factor, RpoS stabilzer during Pi starvation; Inhibits RpoS proteolysis by regulating RssB activity, thereby increasing the stability of the sigma stress factor RpoS especially during phosphate starvation, but also in stationary phase and during nitrogen starvation. Its effect on RpoS stability is due to its interaction with RssB, which probably blocks the interaction of RssB with RpoS, and the consequent delivery of the RssB-RpoS complex to the ClpXP protein degradation pathway; Belongs to the IraP family. (86 aa) |
| | yaiV | Putative transcriptional regulator; Involved in oxidative stress resistance; Belongs to the IprA family. (207 aa) |
| | betT | Choline transporter of high affinity; High-affinity uptake of choline driven by a proton-motive force; Belongs to the BCCT transporter (TC 2.A.15) family. (677 aa) |
| | betB | Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase, NAD-dependent; Involved in the biosynthesis of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine. Catalyzes the reversible oxidation of betaine aldehyde to the corresponding acid. It is highly specific for betaine and has a significantly higher affinity for NAD than for NADP. (490 aa) |
| | betA | Choline dehydrogenase, a flavoprotein; Involved in the biosynthesis of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine. Catalyzes the oxidation of choline to betaine aldehyde and betaine aldehyde to glycine betaine at the same rate. Belongs to the GMC oxidoreductase family. (556 aa) |
| | rclR | Reactive chlorine species (RCS)-specific activator of the rcl genes; Involved in reactive chlorine species (RCS) stress resistance. Upregulates, in response to hypochlorous acid (HOCl), the expression of three genes essential for survival of RCS stress (rclA, rclB and rclC) and its own expression. (284 aa) |
| | rclA | Reactive chlorine stress species (RCS) resistance protein; Probably involved in reactive chlorine species (RCS) stress resistance. (441 aa) |
| | rclB | Reactive chlorine species (RCS) stress resistance periplasmic protein; Probably involved in reactive chlorine species (RCS) stress resistance; Belongs to the BhsA/McbA family. (78 aa) |
| | rclC | Inner membrane protein RclC; Probably involved in reactive chlorine species (RCS) stress resistance. (197 aa) |
| | phoE | Outer membrane porin PhoE; Uptake of inorganic phosphate, phosphorylated compounds, and some other negatively charged solutes; Belongs to the Gram-negative porin family. (351 aa) |
| | yafO | mRNA interferase toxin of the YafO-YafN toxin-antitoxin system; Toxic component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. A translation-dependent mRNA interferase. Overexpression causes cessation of cell growth and inhibits cell proliferation via inhibition of translation; this blockage is overcome by subsequent expression of antitoxin YafN. Overexpression causes cleavage of a number of mRNAs in a ribosome-dependent fashion. YafO binding to the 50S ribosomal subunit in the translation complex induces mRNA cleavage 3' to the region protected by the ribosome; YafO alone is not able to di [...] (132 aa) |
| | degP | Serine endoprotease (protease Do), membrane-associated; DegP acts as a chaperone at low temperatures but switches to a peptidase (heat shock protein) at higher temperatures. Degrades transiently denatured and unfolded or misfolded proteins which accumulate in the periplasm following heat shock or other stress conditions. DegP is efficient with Val-Xaa and Ile-Xaa peptide bonds, suggesting a preference for beta-branched side chain amino acids. Only unfolded proteins devoid of disulfide bonds appear capable of being cleaved, thereby preventing non-specific proteolysis of folded proteins. [...] (474 aa) |
| | clcA | H(+)/Cl(-) exchange transporter; Proton-coupled chloride transporter. Functions as antiport system and exchanges two chloride ions for 1 proton. Probably acts as an electrical shunt for an outwardly-directed proton pump that is linked to amino acid decarboxylation, as part of the extreme acid resistance (XAR) response. (473 aa) |
| | htrE | Putative outer membrane usher protein; Part of the yadCKLM-htrE-yadVN fimbrial operon. Could contribute to adhesion to various surfaces in specific environmental niches. Probably involved in the export and assembly of fimbrial subunits across the outer membrane. (865 aa) |
| | dnaJ | Chaperone Hsp40, DnaK co-chaperone; Interacts with DnaK and GrpE to disassemble a protein complex at the origins of replication of phage lambda and several plasmids. Participates actively in the response to hyperosmotic and heat shock by preventing the aggregation of stress-denatured proteins and by disaggregating proteins, also in an autonomous, DnaK-independent fashion. Unfolded proteins bind initially to DnaJ; upon interaction with the DnaJ-bound protein, DnaK hydrolyzes its bound ATP, resulting in the formation of a stable complex. GrpE releases ADP from DnaK; ATP binding to DnaK t [...] (376 aa) |
| | dnaK | Chaperone Hsp70, with co-chaperone DnaJ; Plays an essential role in the initiation of phage lambda DNA replication, where it acts in an ATP-dependent fashion with the DnaJ protein to release lambda O and P proteins from the preprimosomal complex. DnaK is also involved in chromosomal DNA replication, possibly through an analogous interaction with the DnaA protein. Also participates actively in the response to hyperosmotic shock. (638 aa) |
| | yaaA | Peroxide resistance protein, lowers intracellular iron; Involved in the cellular response to hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) stress. During H(2)O(2) stress, prevents oxidative damage to both DNA and proteins by diminishing the amount of unincorporated iron within the cell. (258 aa) |
