Probable resuscitation-promoting factor RpfE; Factor that stimulates resuscitation of dormant cells. Has peptidoglycan (PG) hydrolytic activity. Active in the pM concentration range. Has little to no effect on actively-growing cells. PG fragments could either directly activate the resuscitation pathway of dormant bacteria or serve as a substrate for endogenous Rpf, resulting in low molecular weight products with resuscitation activity. Belongs to the transglycosylase family. Rpf subfamily.

Possible resuscitation-promoting factor RpfA; Factor that stimulates resuscitation of dormant cells. Has peptidoglycan (PG) hydrolytic activity. Active in the pM concentration range. Has little to no effect on actively-growing cells. PG fragments could either directly activate the resuscitation pathway of dormant bacteria or serve as a substrate for endogenous Rpf, resulting in low molecular weight products with resuscitation activity. Stimulates growth of stationary phase M.bovis (a slow-growing Mycobacterium), reduces the lag phase of diluted fast-growers M.smegmatis and Micrococcus [...]

Probable resuscitation-promoting factor RpfD; Factor that stimulates resuscitation of dormant cells. Has peptidoglycan (PG) hydrolytic activity. Active in the pM concentration range. Has little to no effect on actively-growing cells. PG fragments could either directly activate the resuscitation pathway of dormant bacteria or serve as a substrate for endogenous Rpf, resulting in low molecular weight products with resuscitation activity. Belongs to the transglycosylase family. Rpf subfamily.

Hypothetical protein; Chaperone component of an atypical, type II toxin-antitoxin chaperone (TAC) system. Prevents antitoxin HigA1 aggregation in vitro at a 1:3 chaperone:antitoxin ratio, probably also protects antitoxin HigA1 from protease. Required for neutralization of toxin HigB1 upon ectopic expression in Mycobacterium marinum or E.coli. When expressed in E.coli complements a secB deletion, restores export of OmpA and MBP and inhibits aggregation of proOmpC although it is less efficient than endogenous SecB. Complements the general chaperone function of E.coli SecB less well; Belo [...]

Hypothetical protein; Rv0061c, len: 112 aa. Conserved hypothetical protein supported by RNA-seq data. Similar to MMAR_3839, 76% identity in 112 aa overlap. Replaces questionable ORF Rv0061 (MTV030.04).

Possible toxin HigB; Toxic component of an atypical, type II toxin-antitoxin chaperone (TAC) system. Upon expression in M.smegmatis inhibits colony formation and cell growth. Ectopic expression in wild-type M.tuberculosis has no effect on cell growth; ectopic expression in a triple higB1-higA1-Rv1957 (delta TAC) disruption mutant causes growth arrest, killing a considerable proportion of the cells. Increased ectopic expression leads to decreased levels of IdeR- and Zur-regulated genes as well as cleavage within the mRNA region of tmRNA (transfer-mRNA), strongly suggesting it is an endo [...]

Hypothetical protein; Rv2660c, (MTCY441.29c), len: 75 aa (questionable orf). Hypothetical unknown protein.

Possible antitoxin HigA; Antitoxin component of an atypical, type II toxin-antitoxin chaperone (TAC) system. Upon expression in M.smegmatis neutralizes the effect of cognate toxin HigB1. Neutralization of HigB1 toxin in E.coli or M.marinum also requires SecB-like chaperone Rv1957, making this the first toxin-antitoxin chaperone (TAC) system. Antitoxin aggregation and degradation are prevented by the chaperone.

Rv1861, (MTCY359.12c), len: 101 aa. Probable conserved transmembrane protein, showing weak similarity to AE002069|AE002069_10 hypothetical protein from Deinococcus radiodurans (146 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 154, E(): 0.0027,(30.8% identity in 104 aa overlap). Contains PS00017 ATP/GTP-binding site motif A (P-loop). A core mycobacterial gene; conserved in mycobacterial strains (See Marmiesse et al., 2004).