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

outer spore coat protein

locus: BSU34520

pI: 6.10

mw: 49.92 kDa

protein length: 447 aa

gene length: 1341 bp

function: protection of the spore

product: spore coat protein

essential: no

synonyms: yvdP

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.1|Sporulation proteins] → [category|SW 4.2.1.1|Spore coat proteins] → [category|SW 4.2.1.1.5|Class V]

Gene

Coordinates: 3,542,943 → 3,544,286

The protein

Protein family

• oxygen-dependent FAD-linked oxidoreductase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

[SW|Localization]

• outer spore coat, localization depends on [protein|825AD8D4315A85CD384F9AF6AD894E38E57C88F7|CotE] [Pubmed|22171814]

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|C4CC3772CA9FC46D90D2F15AE261106A0BC4453C|cotQ]
  description: [Pubmed|12480901]

  sigma factors

  • [protein|24F7FD5C7C3A68BB2760ABB8CBD8FBD65E5FF7D4|SigK]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15699190], in [regulon|24F7FD5C7C3A68BB2760ABB8CBD8FBD65E5FF7D4|SigK regulon]
  • [protein|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|12480901], in [regulon|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG regulon]

  regulatory mechanism

  • [protein|19228BAD44E6DA3DE908DC390FDF628C18D94E65|GerE]: activation, [Pubmed|15383836], in [regulon|19228BAD44E6DA3DE908DC390FDF628C18D94E65|GerE regulon]

  regulation

  • expressed late during sporulation ([protein|search|SigG], [protein|search|SigK], [protein|search|GerE]) [Pubmed|15383836,15699190,12480901]

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-B620 (yvdP::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/1619 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]

References

• 12562816,15699190,12480901,22171814,15383836,28870294