RapF

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Gene name rapF
Synonyms ywhJ
Essential no
Product response regulator aspartate phosphatase
Function control of ComA activity
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rapF
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RapF
MW, pI 45 kDa, 5.18
Gene length, protein length 1143 bp, 381 aa
Immediate neighbours ywhK, phrF
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
RapF context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

genetic competence, protein modification, transcription factors and their control, quorum sensing

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, ComA regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU37460

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: control of ComA activity PubMed
  • Protein family: RAP family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity: binding of PhrF to RapF results in a conformational change of RapF and prevents it from binding ComA PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure:
    • 3ULQ (structure of the complex between the DNA-binding C-terminal domain of ComA with RapF) PubMed
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation: repressed by glucose (5-fold) (CcpA) PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Melinda D Baker, Matthew B Neiditch
Structural basis of response regulator inhibition by a bacterial anti-activator protein.
PLoS Biol: 2011, 9(12);e1001226
[PubMed:22215984] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Natalia Comella, Alan D Grossman
Conservation of genes and processes controlled by the quorum response in bacteria: characterization of genes controlled by the quorum-sensing transcription factor ComA in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(4);1159-74
[PubMed:16091051] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Cristina Bongiorni, Shu Ishikawa, Sophie Stephenson, Naotake Ogasawara, Marta Perego
Synergistic regulation of competence development in Bacillus subtilis by two Rap-Phr systems.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(13);4353-61
[PubMed:15968044] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R S McQuade, N Comella, A D Grossman
Control of a family of phosphatase regulatory genes (phr) by the alternate sigma factor sigma-H of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(16);4905-9
[PubMed:11466295] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)