FtsA

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  • Description: cell-division protein, membrane anchor for FtsZ

Gene name ftsA
Synonyms spoIIN
Essential yes PubMed
Product cell-division protein
Function formation of Z-ring
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ftsA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: FtsA
MW, pI 47 kDa, 5.094
Gene length, protein length 1320 bp, 440 aa
Immediate neighbours sbp, ftsZ
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
FtsA context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

cell division, essential genes, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigH regulon, WalR regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU15280

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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

Extended information on the protein

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

Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • 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

Reviews

David W Adams, Jeff Errington
Bacterial cell division: assembly, maintenance and disassembly of the Z ring.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2009, 7(9);642-53
[PubMed:19680248] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original Publications