Slr

• Description: transcriptional activator of competence development and sporulation genes, represses SigD-dependent flagellar genes, activates eps and yqxM operons
  
  

Gene name	slr
Synonyms	yveJ, slrR
Essential	no
Product	transcription regulator
Function	regulation of initiation of biofilm formation
MW, pI	17 kDa, 9.63
Gene length, protein length	456 bp, 152 aa
Immediate neighbours	epsA, pnbA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34380

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): SinR

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Modification:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P71049

• KEGG entry: [2]

• 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:

References

Kazuo Kobayashi
SlrR/SlrA controls the initiation of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 69(6);1399-410
[PubMed:18647168] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Frances Chu, Daniel B Kearns, Anna McLoon, Yunrong Chai, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A novel regulatory protein governing biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 68(5);1117-27
[PubMed:18430133] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)