TB Genome Annotation Portal

Rv3875 (esxA)

Amino Acid Sequence

MTEQQWNFAGIEAAASAIQGNVTSIHSLLDEGKQSLTKLAAAWGGSGSEAYQGVQQKWDATATELNNALQNLARTISEAGQAMASTEGNVTGMFA
(Nucleotide sequence available on KEGG)

Additional Information



ESSENTIALITY

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Classification Condition Strain Method Reference Notes
Non-Essential Sodium Oleate H37RvMA Gumbel Subhalaxmi Nambi Probability of Essentiality: 0.035350;
2 non-insertions in a row out of 4 sites
Non-Essential Lignoceric Acid H37RvMA Gumbel Subhalaxmi Nambi Probability of Essentiality: 0.035300;
2 non-insertions in a row out of 4 sites
Non-Essential Phosphatidylcholine H37RvMA Gumbel Subhalaxmi Nambi Probability of Essentiality: 0.036400;
2 non-insertions in a row out of 4 sites
Non-Essential minimal media + 0.1% glycerol H37RvMA Gumbel Griffin et al. (2011) Probability of Essentiality: 0.002150;
4 non-insertions in a row out of 5 sites
Non-Essential minimal media + 0.01% cholesterol H37RvMA Gumbel Griffin et al. (2011) Probability of Essentiality: 0.002100;
4 non-insertions in a row out of 5 sites
No-Data 7H10-glycerol H37RvMA TraSH Sassetti et al. (2003a)
Too-Short C57BL/6J mice (8 weeks) H37RvMA TraSH Sassetti et al. (2003b) Hybridization Ratio: -1
Non-Essential 7H09/7H10 + rich media H37RvMA MotifHMM DeJesus et al. (2017) Fully saturated (14 reps).

TnSeq Data No data currently available.
  • No TnSeq data currently available for this Target.
RNASeq Data No data currently available.
  • No RNA-Seq data currently available for this Target.
Metabolomic Profiles No data currently available.
  • No Metabolomic data currently available for this Target.
Proteomic Data No data currently available.
  • No Proteomic data currently available for this Target.

Regulatory Relationships from Systems Biology
  • BioCyc

    Gene interactions based on ChIPSeq and Transcription Factor Over-Expression (TFOE) (Systems Biology)

    NOTE: Green edges represent the connected genes being classified as differentially essential as a result of the middle gene being knocked out. These interactions are inferred based on RNASeq.

    Interactions based on ChIPSeq data

    • Binds To:

      • No bindings to other targets were found.
    • Bound By:

    Interactions based on ChIPSeq data (Minch et al. 2014)

    Interactions based on TFOE data (Rustad et al. 2014)

    • Upregulates:

      • Does not upregulate other genes.
    • Upregulated by:

      • Not upregulated by other genes.
    • Downregulates:

      • Does not downregulate other genes.
    • Downregulated by:



    TBCAP

    Tubculosis Community Annotation Project (
    Slayden et al., 2013)

    Rv3875 (esxA)

    PropertyValueCreatorEvidencePMIDComment
    CitationDissection of ESAT-6 system 1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and impact on immunogenicity and virulence. P. Brodin, L. Majlessi et al. Infect. Immun. 2006shahanup86IMP16368961Structural Analysis
    InteractionRegulatory Rv3872shahanup86IMPStructural Analysis
    P. Brodin, L. Majlessi et al. Dissection of ESAT-6 system 1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and impact on immunogenicity and virulence. Infect. Immun. 2006
    CitationCharacterization of Rv3868, an Essential Hypothetical Protein of the ESX-1 Secretion System in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A. Luthra, A. Mahmood et al. J. Biol. Chem. 2008shahanup86IMP18974091Structural Analysis
    InteractionRegulatory Rv3872shahanup86IMPStructural Analysis
    A. Luthra, A. Mahmood et al. Characterization of Rv3868, an Essential Hypothetical Protein of the ESX-1 Secretion System in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Biol. Chem. 2008
    CitationProtein-protein interactions of proteins from the ESAT-6 family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. LM. Okkels & P. Andersen J. Bacteriol. 2004shahanup86IPI15060053Affinity purification (Physical interaction)
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3874shahanup86IPIAffinity purification (Physical interaction)
    LM. Okkels & P. Andersen Protein-protein interactions of proteins from the ESAT-6 family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Bacteriol. 2004
    CitationEsxA and EsxB are secreted by an ESAT-6-like system that is required for the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections. ML. Burts, WA. Williams et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2005shahanup86IPI15657139Affinity purification (Physical interaction)
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3874shahanup86IPIAffinity purification (Physical interaction)
    ML. Burts, WA. Williams et al. EsxA and EsxB are secreted by an ESAT-6-like system that is required for the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2005
    CitationC-terminal signal sequence promotes virulence factor secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PA. Champion, SA. Stanley et al. Science 2006shahanup86IMP16973880Spectrophotometric
    InteractionRegulatory Rv3872shahanup86IMPSpectrophotometric
    PA. Champion, SA. Stanley et al. C-terminal signal sequence promotes virulence factor secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Science 2006
    CitationDissection of ESAT-6 system 1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and impact on immunogenicity and virulence. P. Brodin, L. Majlessi et al. Infect. Immun. 2006shahanup86IMP16368961Spectrophotometric
    InteractionRegulatory Rv3872shahanup86IMPSpectrophotometric
    P. Brodin, L. Majlessi et al. Dissection of ESAT-6 system 1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and impact on immunogenicity and virulence. Infect. Immun. 2006
    CitationCharacterization of Rv3868, an Essential Hypothetical Protein of the ESX-1 Secretion System in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A. Luthra, A. Mahmood et al. J. Biol. Chem. 2008shahanup86IMP18974091Spectrophotometric
    InteractionRegulatory Rv3872shahanup86IMPSpectrophotometric
    A. Luthra, A. Mahmood et al. Characterization of Rv3868, an Essential Hypothetical Protein of the ESX-1 Secretion System in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Biol. Chem. 2008
    CitationConclusive evidence that the major T-cell antigens of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ESAT-6 and CFP-10 form a tight, 1:1 complex and characterization of the structural properties of ESAT-6, CFP-10, and the ESAT-6*CFP-10 complex. Implications for pathogenesis and virulence. authors,PS. Renshaw,P. Panagiotidou,A. Whelan,SV. Gordon,RG. Hewinson,RA. Williamson,MD. Carr J. Biol. Chem. 2002shahanup86IMP11940590Structural Analysis
    InteractionRegulatory Rv3872shahanup86IMPStructural Analysis
    authors,PS. Renshaw,P. Panagiotidou,A. Whelan,SV. Gordon,RG. Hewinson,RA. Williamson,MD. Carr Conclusive evidence that the major T-cell antigens of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ESAT-6 and CFP-10 form a tight, 1:1 complex and characterization of the structural properties of ESAT-6, CFP-10, and the ESAT-6*CFP-10 complex. Implications for pathogenesis and virulence. J. Biol. Chem. 2002
    CitationC-terminal signal sequence promotes virulence factor secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PA. Champion, SA. Stanley et al. Science 2006shahanup86IMP16973880Structural Analysis
    InteractionRegulatory Rv3872shahanup86IMPStructural Analysis
    PA. Champion, SA. Stanley et al. C-terminal signal sequence promotes virulence factor secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Science 2006
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3874shahanup86IPIAffinity purification (Physical interaction)
    LM. Okkels & P. Andersen Protein-protein interactions of proteins from the ESAT-6 family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Bacteriol. 2004
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3874shahanup86IPIAffinity purification (Physical interaction)
    ML. Burts, WA. Williams et al. EsxA and EsxB are secreted by an ESAT-6-like system that is required for the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2005
    CitationConclusive evidence that the major T-cell antigens of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ESAT-6 and CFP-10 form a tight, 1:1 complex and characterization of the structural properties of ESAT-6, CFP-10, and the ESAT-6*CFP-10 complex. Implications for pathogenesis and virulence. authors,PS. Renshaw,P. Panagiotidou,A. Whelan,SV. Gordon,RG. Hewinson,RA. Williamson,MD. Carr J. Biol. Chem. 2002shahanup86IMP11940590Spectrophotometric
    InteractionRegulatory Rv3872shahanup86IMPSpectrophotometric
    authors,PS. Renshaw,P. Panagiotidou,A. Whelan,SV. Gordon,RG. Hewinson,RA. Williamson,MD. Carr Conclusive evidence that the major T-cell antigens of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ESAT-6 and CFP-10 form a tight, 1:1 complex and characterization of the structural properties of ESAT-6, CFP-10, and the ESAT-6*CFP-10 complex. Implications for pathogenesis and virulence. J. Biol. Chem. 2002
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3872shahanup86IMPCo-expression (Functional linkage)
    A. Luthra, A. Mahmood et al. Characterization of Rv3868, an Essential Hypothetical Protein of the ESX-1 Secretion System in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Biol. Chem. 2008
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3872shahanup86IMPCo-expression (Functional linkage)
    P. Brodin, L. Majlessi et al. Dissection of ESAT-6 system 1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and impact on immunogenicity and virulence. Infect. Immun. 2006
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3872shahanup86IMPCo-expression (Functional linkage)
    P. Brodin, L. Majlessi et al. Dissection of ESAT-6 system 1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and impact on immunogenicity and virulence. Infect. Immun. 2006
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3872shahanup86IMPCo-expression (Functional linkage)
    A. Luthra, A. Mahmood et al. Characterization of Rv3868, an Essential Hypothetical Protein of the ESX-1 Secretion System in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Biol. Chem. 2008
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3872shahanup86IMPCo-expression (Functional linkage)
    PA. Champion, SA. Stanley et al. C-terminal signal sequence promotes virulence factor secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Science 2006
    InteractionPhysicalInteraction Rv3872shahanup86IMPCo-expression (Functional linkage)
    PA. Champion, SA. Stanley et al. C-terminal signal sequence promotes virulence factor secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Science 2006
    InteractionRegulatedBy Rv3414cyamir.morenoIDAOne hybrid reporter system. Physical binding of the regulator to the regulated promoter proved by using electrophoretic mobility shift assay. .
    M. Guo, H. Feng et al. Dissecting transcription regulatory pathways through a new bacterial one-hybrid reporter system. Genome Res. 2009
    InteractionRegulatedBy Rv2710yamir.morenoIDAOne hybrid reporter system. Physical binding of the regulator to the regulated promoter proved by using electrophoretic mobility shift assay. .
    M. Guo, H. Feng et al. Dissecting transcription regulatory pathways through a new bacterial one-hybrid reporter system. Genome Res. 2009
    InteractionRegulatedBy Rv2021cyamir.morenoIDAOne hybrid reporter system. Physical binding of the regulator to the regulated promoter proved by using electrophoretic mobility shift assay. .
    M. Guo, H. Feng et al. Dissecting transcription regulatory pathways through a new bacterial one-hybrid reporter system. Genome Res. 2009
    InteractionRegulatedBy Rv1221yamir.morenoIEPMicroarrays. mRNA levels of regulated element measured and compared between wild-type and trans-element mutation (knockout, over expression etc.) performed by using microarray (or macroarray) experiments..
    R. Manganelli, MI. Voskuil et al. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis ECF sigma factor sigmaE: role in global gene expression and survival in macrophages. Mol. Microbiol. 2001
    CitationOver-producing soluble protein complex and validating protein-protein interaction through a new bacterial co-expression system. J. Zeng, L. Zhang et al. Protein Expr. Purif. 2010jlew19747546Rv3874 and Rv3875 interact. Using an in vivo pull-down assay, for the first time we have confirmed the presence of three pairs of PE/PPE-related novel protein interactions in this pathogen.
    SymbolESAT-6jlewForms homodimer. Forms heterodimer with CFP-10.. Yeast two-hybrid to examine the interactions between ESX-1 proteins
    J. Teutschbein, G. Schumann et al. A protein linkage map of the ESAT-6 secretion system 1 (ESX-1) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbiol. Res. 2007
    CitationA protein linkage map of the ESAT-6 secretion system 1 (ESX-1) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Teutschbein, G. Schumann et al. Microbiol. Res. 2007jlew17433643Forms homodimer. Forms heterodimer with CFP-10.. Yeast two-hybrid to examine the interactions between ESX-1 proteins

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