DnaA

• Description: replication initiation protein
  
  

Gene name	dnaA
Synonyms	dnaH, dnaJ, dnaK
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	replication initiation protein
Function	DNA replication
MW, pI	50 kDa, 6.035
Gene length, protein length	1338 bp, 446 aa
Immediate neighbours	rpmH, dnaN
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00010

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA replication, essential genes

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: SirA displaces DnaA from the replication origin PubMed

• Interactions:
  • DnaA-YabA, DnaA-YabA-DnaN PubMed
  • DnaA-DnaD PubMed
  • SirA-DnaA PubMed
  • YqaH-DnaA PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot), throughout the cytoplasm PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P05648

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: dnaA-dnaN PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: negatively controlled by DnaA PubMed and Spo0A PubMed
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Philippe Noirot, Jouy-en-Josas, France homepage

Peter Graumann, Freiburg University, Germany homepage

Alan Grossman, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

References

Reviews

Tsutomu Katayama, Shogo Ozaki, Kenji Keyamura, Kazuyuki Fujimitsu
Regulation of the replication cycle: conserved and diverse regulatory systems for DnaA and oriC.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2010, 8(3);163-70
[PubMed:20157337] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)