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

flagellar basal-body rod protein

Locus: BSU16180

Isoelectric point: 5.16

Molecular weight: 14.30 kDa

Protein length: 129 aa

Gene length: 387 bp

Function: movement and chemotaxis

Product: flagellar basal-body rod protein

Essential: no

Synonyms

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Lifestyles → Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles → Motility and chemotaxis → Flagellar proteins
• Groups of genes → Secreted proteins

Gene

Coordinates: 1,691,278 → 1,691,667

The protein

Protein family

• flagella basal body rod proteins family (according to Swiss-Prot)

Localization

• bacterial flagellum basal body (according to Swiss-Prot), extracellular (no signal peptide) PubMed

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: flgB-flgC-fliE-fliF-fliG-fliH-fliI-fliJ-ylxF-fliK-flgD-flgE-swrD-fliL-fliM-fliY-cheY-fliZ-fliP-fliQ-fliR-flhB-flhA-flhF-flhG-cheB-cheA-cheW-cheC-cheD-sigD-swrB
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigA: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigA regulon
  • SigD: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigD regulon

  Regulatory mechanism

  • Spo0A: repression, in Spo0A regulon
  • SwrA: activation, in SwrA regulon
  • CodY: repression, in CodY regulon
  • DegU: repression, in DegU regulon

  Regulation

  • expression during spore germination is strongly reduced under conditions of osmotic stress PubMed

Biological materials

Mutant

• a flgB::erm mutant is available in Linc Sonenshein's lab
• 1A922 ( flgB::erm), PubMed, available at BGSC

References

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