serine protease, cleaves SpoIVFA to prepare it for CtpB cleavage, this results in pro-SigK processing/activation in the mother-cell, does also cleave CtpB
function
control of SigK activation
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.4|Regulation of gene expression] → [category|SW 3.4.1|Sigma factors and their control] → [category|SW 3.4.1.2|Control of sigma factors][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.1|Sporulation proteins] → [category|SW 4.2.1.4|Sporulation proteins/ other]Gene
Coordinates
2,519,102 → 2,520,382
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
Self-cleaves 52-Val-|-Asn-53, 62-Ala-|-Phe-63 and 74-Val-|-Thr-75 at the N-terminus of SpoIVB (according to Swiss-Prot)Protein family
PDZ protease [Pubmed|24243021][SW|Localization]
intracellular space between the mother cell and the forespore [Pubmed|24243021]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|DBB3ED60A7D162B9F2830F81041BC661AA5EC1E7|spoIVB]
description
[Pubmed|2106508]
sigma factors
[protein|CFF318EE6CACDEE763FBF96A2ABB46E944679AAA|SigF]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15699190,9004507], in [regulon|CFF318EE6CACDEE763FBF96A2ABB46E944679AAA|SigF regulon][protein|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15699190,9004507], in [regulon|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG regulon]regulatory mechanism
[protein|01EF886D3D004EA9B22AC5E75D50FF07D8631E68|SpoVT]: activation, [Pubmed|8755877], in [regulon|01EF886D3D004EA9B22AC5E75D50FF07D8631E68|SpoVT regulon]regulation
expressed during sporulation in the forespore ([protein|search|SigF], [protein|search|SigG], [SW|SpoVT]) [Pubmed|16497325,15699190,9004507,8755877]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
BKE24230 (Δ[gene|DBB3ED60A7D162B9F2830F81041BC661AA5EC1E7|spoIVB]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE24230 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTCACTACTTCACTCTCC, downstream forward: _UP4_TGACTGCCGGAGTTTCCGGCBKK24230 (Δ[gene|DBB3ED60A7D162B9F2830F81041BC661AA5EC1E7|spoIVB]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK24230 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTCACTACTTCACTCTCC, downstream forward: _UP4_TGACTGCCGGAGTTTCCGGCLabs working on this gene/protein
Simon Cutting, London, UK [http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhba/009/bacillus/simon_cutting.html homepage]References
17493131,2106508,10931284,14526016,10931291,1900494,11418578,15292188,9004507,12940997,11741860,16497325,8755877,24243021,15292188,17557826,16818230