SpoIID

• Description: cell wall hydrolase (lytic transglycosylase), required for complete dissolution of the asymmetric septum
  
  

Gene name	spoIID
Synonyms	spoIIC
Essential	no
Product	lytic transglycosylase
Function	dissolution of the septal cell wall
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: spoIID
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: SpoIID
MW, pI	37 kDa, 9.764
Gene length, protein length	1029 bp, 343 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywmC, murAA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall/ other, sporulation proteins, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon, SpoIIID regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU36750

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • degrades the glycan strands of the peptidoglycan into disaccharide units PubMed, enhances SpoIIP activity PubMed
  • required for proper localization of SpoIIQ (together with SpoIIP) PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: SpoIID-SpoIIP PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P07372

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: spoIID PubMed

• Expression browser: spoIID PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE, SpoIIID) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoIIID: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Lotte Søgaard-Andersen
Stably bridging a great divide: localization of the SpoIIQ landmark protein in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2013, 89(6);1019-24
[PubMed:23944268] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)