SigA

• Description: RNA polymerase major sigma factor SigA
  
  

Gene name	sigA
Synonyms	rpoD, crsA
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	RNA polymerase major sigma factor SigA
Function	transcription
MW, pI	42 kDa, 4.634
Gene length, protein length	1113 bp, 371 aa
Immediate neighbours	cccA, antE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: sigma-70 factor family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: Spo0A-SigA

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P06224

• KEGG entry: BSU25200

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: List of SigA controlled genes

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Steve D Seredick, George B Spiegelman
The Bacillus subtilis response regulator Spo0A stimulates sigmaA-dependent transcription prior to the major energetic barrier.
J Biol Chem: 2004, 279(17);17397-403
[PubMed:14976210] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Amrita Kumar, Cindy Buckner Starke, Mark DeZalia, Charles P Moran
Surfaces of Spo0A and RNA polymerase sigma factor A that interact at the spoIIG promoter in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(1);200-6
[PubMed:14679239] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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