DegU

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  • Description: two-component response regulator, regulation of degradative enzyme and genetic competence, involved in activation of capsule biosynthetic operon expression (together with SwrAA), non-phosphorylated DegU is required for swarming motility PubMed

Gene name degU
Synonyms sacU, iep
Essential no
Product two-component response regulator
Function regulation of degradative enzyme and genetic competence

of genetic competence

MW, pI 25 kDa, 5.602
Gene length, protein length 687 bp, 229 aa
Immediate neighbours yviA, degS
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
DegU context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU35490

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: transcription activator of degradative enzyme genes (sacB and degQ) and of comK expression
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Genes controlled by DegU

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification: phosphorylated by DegS on Asp-56 PubMed, this modulates DNA-binding activity
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: induced in the presence of ammonium (TnrA)
    • repressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism: TnrA: repression, DegU: positive autoregulation
  • 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

Monica Gupta, Kestur Krishnamurthy Rao
Epr plays a key role in DegU-mediated swarming motility of Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2009, 295(2);187-94
[PubMed:19416356] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Cecilia Osera, Giuseppe Amati, Cinzia Calvio, Alessandro Galizzi
SwrAA activates poly-gamma-glutamate synthesis in addition to swarming in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2009, 155(Pt 7);2282-2287
[PubMed:19389763] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ewan J Murray, Taryn B Kiley, Nicola R Stanley-Wall
A pivotal role for the response regulator DegU in controlling multicellular behaviour.
Microbiology (Reading): 2009, 155(Pt 1);1-8
[PubMed:19118340] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)