RpoE

• Description: RNA polymerase delta subunit
  
  

Gene name	rpoE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	RNA polymerase delta subunit
Function	transcription
MW, pI	20 kDa, 3.654
Gene length, protein length	519 bp, 173 aa
Immediate neighbours	pyrG, acdA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37160

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: rpoE family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P12464

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Arthur Aronson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA homepage

References

Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Organization and function of the YsiA regulon of Bacillus subtilis involved in fatty acid degradation.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(8);5180-94
[PubMed:17189250] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

F J López de Saro, N Yoshikawa, J D Helmann
Expression, abundance, and RNA polymerase binding properties of the delta factor of Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 1999, 274(22);15953-8
[PubMed:10336502] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

F J López de Saro, A Y Woody, J D Helmann
Structural analysis of the Bacillus subtilis delta factor: a protein polyanion which displaces RNA from RNA polymerase.
J Mol Biol: 1995, 252(2);189-202
[PubMed:7545758] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y L Juang, J D Helmann
Pathway of promoter melting by Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase at a stable RNA promoter: effects of temperature, delta protein, and sigma factor mutations.
Biochemistry: 1995, 34(26);8465-73
[PubMed:7599136] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y L Juang, J D Helmann
The delta subunit of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase. An allosteric effector of the initiation and core-recycling phases of transcription.
J Mol Biol: 1994, 239(1);1-14
[PubMed:7515111] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Lampe, C Binnie, R Schmidt, R Losick
Cloned gene encoding the delta subunit of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase.
Gene: 1988, 67(1);13-9
[PubMed:2843435] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)