TasA

• Description: major component of biofilm matrix, forms amyloid fibers
  
  

Gene name	tasA
Synonyms	cotN, yqhF
Essential	no
Product	major component of biofilm matrix
Function	biofilm formation
Regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Biofilm
MW, pI	28 kDa, 5.442
Gene length, protein length	783 bp, 261 aa
Immediate neighbours	sinR, sipW
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24620

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

biofilm formation

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: forms amyloid fibers that bind cells together in the biofilm PubMed

• Protein family: peptidase M73 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: forms fibers of variable length and 10-15 nm in width PubMed

• Localization: extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed, membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54507

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yqxM-sipW-tasA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • repressed by SinR PubMed
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed
  • SinR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • induction by sequestration of SinR by SinI or SlrA PubMed or by SlrR PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Massimiliano Marvasi, Pieter T Visscher, Lilliam Casillas Martinez
Exopolymeric substances (EPS) from Bacillus subtilis: polymers and genes encoding their synthesis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2010, 313(1);1-9
[PubMed:20735481] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Yunrong Chai, Thomas Norman, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
An epigenetic switch governing daughter cell separation in Bacillus subtilis.
Genes Dev: 2010, 24(8);754-65
[PubMed:20351052] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)