comFC [2017-8-11 16:0:3]

late competence gene

locus: BSU35450

pI: 8.85

mw: 26.26 kDa

protein length: 229 aa

gene length: 687 bp

function: compentence

product: unknown

essential: no

synonyms

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.1|Genetics] → [category|SW 3.1.7|Genetic competence]
• [category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1|Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1.3|Genetic competence]
• [category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.4|Phosphoproteins] → [category|SW 6.4.1|Phosphorylation on an Arg residue]

Gene

Coordinates: 3,641,125 → 3,641,814

The protein

Protein family

• comF/gntX family (according to Swiss-Prot)

Modification

• phosphorylated on Arg-74 [Pubmed|22517742]

[SW|Localization]

• localizes to one or both cell poles [Pubmed|21278288]

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|45F27C0789199626BA90D2C69E8F13525C911478|comFA]-[gene|D290247A43280532947B707F3AF388D7A7F404D3|comFB]-[gene|04D9D70C0BCFDCBD00B5156908C348135080A9C2|comFC]-[gene|049B1EBF64F0EBC04CE6D529C8EDB0B6B2184DF5|yvyF]-[gene|F03144BF8A187C8931938A21433431B8961E8EE7|flgM]-[gene|6F4CD36D4C1EE99EF7A503F44F53AEB8EFFEAB7F|yvyG]-[gene|767ADBEF1B40CB3C74116CEA8CFB2FAF19C1FE7B|flgK]-[gene|82AB04023BCB57967C7501E6AEAC4BB593AA6480|flgL]-[gene|E5A59D2AF53FA220BA98D9653589A8F0D24F75B8|yviE]-[gene|6A6CBD75DCC33C804F853F47D37773930D398CFE|fliW]-[gene|93F328524989597C7D2329B25E665496C9631E87|csrA]
  description: [Pubmed|22383849]

  sigma factors

  • [protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|8412657], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]
  • [protein|7024E4162A6D827069F882FDEACA696EBC05DD40|SigD]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|8045879], in [regulon|7024E4162A6D827069F882FDEACA696EBC05DD40|SigD regulon]

  regulatory mechanism

  • [protein|08CFA2C72931A75532D4289BC1D18A826DE9F9CA|ComK]: activation, [Pubmed|8412657], in [regulon|08CFA2C72931A75532D4289BC1D18A826DE9F9CA|ComK regulon]
  • [protein|D343D2096664A972026D911E7A17A35C7B1CD1C9|DegU]: activation, [protein|D343D2096664A972026D911E7A17A35C7B1CD1C9|DegU]-P, [Pubmed|21736639], in [regulon|D343D2096664A972026D911E7A17A35C7B1CD1C9|DegU regulon]
  • [protein|F7FD94CE7AB290FBFD3A9B88F204961668F9B42C|ScoC]: repression, [Pubmed|19898538], in [regulon|F7FD94CE7AB290FBFD3A9B88F204961668F9B42C|ScoC regulon]

Biological materials

Expression vector

• for expression, purification in E. coli with N-terminal His-tag, pRSETA available in Gerth lab

References

• 11814663,8412657,21278288,22517742,28618091