cotX [2017-09-06 13:23:57]

spore coat protein (insoluble fraction), necessary for the assembly of the spore crust, the outermost layer of the spore coat

Locus: BSU11760

Isoelectric point: 4.23

Molecular weight: 18.46 kDa

Protein length: 172 aa

Gene length: 516 bp

Function: spore crust assembly

Product: spore coat protein (insoluble fraction)

Essential: no

Synonyms

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Lifestyles → Sporulation → Sporulation proteins → Spore coat proteins → Not yet assigned

Gene

Coordinates: 1,250,656 → 1,251,174

The protein

Localization

• spore crust PubMed

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: cotX
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigK: sigma factor, before CotV PubMed, in SigK regulon
  • SigE: sigma factor, before CotV, in SigE regulon

  Regulatory mechanism

  • GerE: activation, PubMed, in GerE regulon
  • GerR: activation, PubMed, in GerR regulon

  Regulation

  • expressed late during sporulation (SigE, SigK, GerE, GerR) PubMed

• Genes: cotV-cotW-cotX
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigK: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigK regulon
  • SigE: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigE regulon

  Regulatory mechanism

  • GerE: activation, PubMed, in GerE regulon
  • SpoIIID: activation, PubMed, in SpoIIID regulon

  Regulation

  • expressed during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE, SigK, GerE, SpoIIID) PubMed

References

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Original publications

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