Organism
Escherichia coli O6:H1 (strain CFT073 / ATCC 700928 / UPEC)
Function
Antitoxin component of a type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. Antitoxin that counteracts the effect of the YoeB mRNA interferase. YefM binds to the promoter region of the yefM-yeoB operon to repress transcription, YeoB acts as a corepressor (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the phD/YefM antitoxin family.
Sequence
MRTISYSEARQNLSATMMKAVEDHAPILITRQNGEACVLMSLEEYNSLEETAYLLRSPANARRLMDSIDSLKSGKGTEKDIIE