ENTRAF

An Encyclopedia of well-annotated DNA-binding TRanscription factors in Bacteria and Archaea.

Transcription factor information

General information

ENTRAF ID ENTRAF0633
Gene name yefM
Uniprot ID YEFM_ECOLI
Organism Escherichia coli (strain K12)
Aminoacid sequence MRTISYSEARQNLSATMMKAVEDHAPILITRQNGEACVLMSLEEYNSLEETAYLLRSPANARRLMDSIDSLKSGKGTEKDIIE
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Length 83

Functional information

Function Uniprot Antitoxin component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. Antitoxin that counteracts the effect of the YoeB toxin. YefM binds to the promoter region of the yefM-yeoB operon to repress transcription, YeoB acts as a corepressor.
Role Activator; Repressor
Protein family PhdYeFM_antitox
Structure (PDB ID) 2A6Q

Reference

Pubmed ID 26527724

Experimental evidences

BPP, BCE, GEA