Member database | Pfam |
Pfam type | domain |
Short name | WhiA_N |
Clan | Homing_endonuc |
Author | Mistry J;0000-0003-2479-5322 Bateman A;0000-0002-6982-4660 |
Sequence Ontology | 0000417 |
Description
This domain is found at the N terminal of sporulation factor WhiA. This domain is related to the LAGLIDADG Homing endonuclease domain while the C terminal domain of WhiA is predicted to be a DNA binding helix-turn-helix domain
[1].
References
Further reading
2. The structure of a bacterial DUF199/WhiA protein: domestication of an invasive endonuclease. Kaiser BK, Clifton MC, Shen BW, Stoddard BL. Structure 17, 1368-76, (2009). View articlePMID: 19836336
3. WhiA, a protein of unknown function conserved among gram-positive bacteria, is essential for sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Ainsa JA, Ryding NJ, Hartley N, Findlay KC, Bruton CJ, Chater KF. J. Bacteriol. 182, 5470-8, (2000). View articlePMID: 10986251