CotA

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  • Description: spore coat protein (outer)

Gene name cotA
Synonyms pig
Essential no
Product spore coat protein (outer)
Function resistance of the spore
MW, pI 58 kDa, 5.89
Gene length, protein length 1539 bp, 513 aa
Immediate neighbours yeaA, gabP
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
CotA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU06300

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

  • Structure: 2BHF (reduced form)
  • KEGG entry: [3]
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Additional information

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
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  • lacZ fusion:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

M F Hullo, I Moszer, A Danchin, I Martin-Verstraete
CotA of Bacillus subtilis is a copper-dependent laccase.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(18);5426-30
[PubMed:11514528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Zheng, R Halberg, S Roels, H Ichikawa, L Kroos, R Losick
Sporulation regulatory protein GerE from Bacillus subtilis binds to and can activate or repress transcription from promoters for mother-cell-specific genes.
J Mol Biol: 1992, 226(4);1037-50
[PubMed:1518043] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K Sandman, L Kroos, S Cutting, P Youngman, R Losick
Identification of the promoter for a spore coat protein gene in Bacillus subtilis and studies on the regulation of its induction at a late stage of sporulation.
J Mol Biol: 1988, 200(3);461-73
[PubMed:3135411] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

W Donovan, L B Zheng, K Sandman, R Losick
Genes encoding spore coat polypeptides from Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1987, 196(1);1-10
[PubMed:2821284] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)