nucleotide pyrophosphatase, [SW|cell division] inhibitor in competent cells, blocks septation during the escape from competence, required for the stability of [protein|41DFEF8A6BC7E34A6681C26D92F2B08DC120A957|ComGA]
function
cell division control
product
nucleotide pyrophosphatase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.7|Proteins of unknown function]Gene
Coordinates
2,862,572 2,863,141
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
nucleotide pyrophosphatase [Pubmed|24210219]dTTP + H2O --> diphosphate + dTMP + H+ (according to UniPort)H2O + UTP --> diphosphate + H+ + UMP (according to UniPort)CTP + H2O --> CMP + diphosphate + H+ (according to UniPort)H2O + ψ-UTP --> diphosphate + H+ + ψ-UMP (according to UniPort)5-methyl-CTP + H2O --> 5-methyl-CMP + diphosphate + H+ (according to UniPort)5-methyl-UTP + H2O --> 5-methyl-UMP + diphosphate + H+ (according to UniPort)Protein family
maf family (single member, according to UniProt)[SW|Cofactors]
binds phosphorylated compounds (UTP, IMP, IDP, GDP and others) in ''in vitro'' experimentsStructure
[PDB|1EX2] [Pubmed|10841541][SW|Localization]
cytosolic protein [Pubmed|24164455]near the poles of competent cells [Pubmed|21564336]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|49D996C9AED44A820A214C3DF60AB1B6E1508DEA|maf]-[gene|2BD11D71AA6D9EFAD8A209C8813CC8B059180C84|radC]-[gene|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|mreB]-[gene|6A14D0C7FD94A838BAB3B74AA100EA678F1E4E34|mreC]-[gene|231C30963AFB863424C087CB722446D319976D65|mreD]-[gene|8C94C9598A823A8405B3E1FA0124E21D90845B8E|minC]-[gene|37DAD42A391E2FC506225EAF91B8F21629A401DF|minD]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
sigma factors
[protein|081DF3EE9FA56209D648C7677188C61CE3AA8E41|SigM]: sigma factor, promoter p2 within [protein|49D996C9AED44A820A214C3DF60AB1B6E1508DEA|Maf] [Pubmed|18179421], in [regulon|081DF3EE9FA56209D648C7677188C61CE3AA8E41|SigM regulon][protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, promoter p1, upstream of [protein|49D996C9AED44A820A214C3DF60AB1B6E1508DEA|Maf] [Pubmed|26091431], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]regulatory mechanism
[protein|08CFA2C72931A75532D4289BC1D18A826DE9F9CA|ComK]: activation, [Pubmed|11948146,11918817,21564336], in [regulon|08CFA2C72931A75532D4289BC1D18A826DE9F9CA|ComK regulon]regulation
constitutively expressed [Pubmed|23701187]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
BKE28050 ([gene|49D996C9AED44A820A214C3DF60AB1B6E1508DEA|maf]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE28050 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTTCGTCATCCTTTCAG, downstream forward: _UP4_TGACGGTTCTATAAACGGGAReferences
Reviews
Original publications
21564336,10841541,8387996,11948146,24164455,21926231,24210219,22383849,26091431