EpsH

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  • Description: extracellular polysaccharide synthesis

Gene name epsH
Synonyms yveR
Essential no
Product unknown
Function extracellular polysaccharide synthesis
MW, pI 39 kDa, 5.788
Gene length, protein length 1032 bp, 344 aa
Immediate neighbours epsI, epsG
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YveR context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU34300

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: glycosyltransferase 2 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization:

Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Additional information: induction by sequestration of SinR by SinI PubMed

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Yunrong Chai, Frances Chu, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
Bistability and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 67(2);254-63
[PubMed:18047568] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Frances Chu, Daniel B Kearns, Steven S Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
Targets of the master regulator of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 59(4);1216-28
[PubMed:16430695] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Daniel B Kearns, Frances Chu, Steven S Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 55(3);739-49
[PubMed:15661000] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dacheng Ren, Laura A Bedzyk, Peter Setlow, Stuart M Thomas, Rick W Ye, Thomas K Wood
Gene expression in Bacillus subtilis surface biofilms with and without sporulation and the importance of yveR for biofilm maintenance.
Biotechnol Bioeng: 2004, 86(3);344-64
[PubMed:15083514] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S S Branda, J E González-Pastor, S Ben-Yehuda, R Losick, R Kolter
Fruiting body formation by Bacillus subtilis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2001, 98(20);11621-6
[PubMed:11572999] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)