SinR

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  • Description: transcriptional regulator of post-exponential-phase responses genes

Gene name sinR
Synonyms sin, flaD
Essential no
Product transcriptional regulator of post-exponential-phase responses genes
Function control of biofilm formation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: sinR
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: SinR
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Biofilm, Central C-metabolism, Protein secretion
MW, pI 12 kDa, 7.177
Gene length, protein length 333 bp, 111 aa
Immediate neighbours sinI, tasA
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
SinR context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

transcription factors and their control, transition state regulators, biofilm formation

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, ScoC regulon, Spo0A regulon

The SinR regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU24610

Phenotypes of a mutant

  • the mutation suppresses the galactose toxicity to a galE mutant PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s): SlrR

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
    • DNA-binding N-terminal domain (aa 1-69) PubMed
    • SinI-binding C-terminal domain (aa 74-111) PubMed
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Additional information:
    • the mRNA is substantially stabilized upon depletion of RNase Y (the half-life of the mRNA increases from 3.5 to 13 min) PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant: TMB079 sinR::spec, GP736 (tetR), available in Stülke lab
    • 1S97 (sinR::phleo), PubMed, available at BGSC
    • GP1672 (sinR-tasA::cat), available in Stülke lab
    • GP1663 (yghG-sinI-sinR-tasA), available in Stülke lab


  • Expression vector:
    • N-terminal Strep-tag, for SPINE, expression in B. subtilis, in pGP380: pGP1083 , available in Stülke lab
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab
  • FLAG-tag construct: GP960 (spc, based on pGP1331), available in the Stülke lab
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Hera Vlamakis, Yunrong Chai, Pascale Beauregard, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter
Sticking together: building a biofilm the Bacillus subtilis way.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2013, 11(3);157-68
[PubMed:23353768] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Patrick Piggot
Epigenetic switching: bacteria hedge bets about staying or moving.
Curr Biol: 2010, 20(11);R480-2
[PubMed:20541494] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

David Dubnau
Swim or chill: lifestyles of a bacillus.
Genes Dev: 2010, 24(8);735-7
[PubMed:20395361] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Modelling of the SinI/SinR switch

Jennifer S Hallinan, Goksel Misirli, Anil Wipat
Evolutionary computation for the design of a stochastic switch for synthetic genetic circuits.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc: 2010, 2010;768-74
[PubMed:21095906] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Original publications