EzrA

• Description: negative regulator of FtsZ ring formation
  
  

Gene name	ezrA
Synonyms	ytwP
Essential	no
Product	FtsZ-interacting protein
Function	control of FtsZ ring formation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ezrA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: EzrA
MW, pI	64 kDa, 4.757
Gene length, protein length	1686 bp, 562 aa
Immediate neighbours	braB, hisJ
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell division, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29610

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ezrA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:
  • degradation of EzrA involves FtsH PubMed

• Interactions:
  • EzrA-UgtP PubMed
  • FtsZ-EzrA PubMed
  • EzrA-GpsB PubMed
  • EzrA-PonA PubMed

• Localization: membrane associated PubMed
  • 1 transmembrane domain at the N-terminus according to SOSUI

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34894

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ezrA PubMed

• Expression browser: ezrA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • constitutively expressed PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • degradation of EzrA involves FtsH PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • 1A805 ( ezrA::kan), PubMed, available at BGSC

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: