cssS
168
two-component sensor kinase, control of cellular responses to protein secretion stress
Locus
BSU_33020
Molecular weight
51.92 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.8
Function
control of cellular responses to protein secretion stress
Product
two-component sensor kinase
Essential
no
Synonyms
cssS, yvqB
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0642 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
3,386,398 3,387,753
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
autophosphorylation, phosphorylation of CssR
ATP + protein L-histidine --> ADP + protein N-phospho-L-histidine (according to UniProt)
two transmembrane segments, C-terminal histidine phosphotransferase domain
HAMP domain (aa 287-239) (according to UniProt)
Histidine kinase domain (aa 247-451) (according to UniProt)
Structure
Modification
autophosphorylation on a His residue
Effectors of protein activity
the extracellular loop domain is required for signal perception PubMed
Paralogous protein(s)
cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)
localized primarily at the division septum but also found in a punctate pattern with lower intensity throughout the cell cylinder PubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B216 (yvqB::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
References
Reviews
Regulation of bacterial heat shock stimulons.
Cell stress & chaperones. 2016 Nov; 21(6):959-968. . PMID:27518094
Original Publications
The CssRS two-component system of Bacillus subtilis contributes to teicoplanin and polymyxin B response.Folia microbiologica. 2024 Jun 7; . PMID: 38847924
Signal perception by the secretion stress-responsive CssRS two-component system in Bacillus subtilis.
Journal of bacteriology. 2012 Apr; 194(7):1800-14. doi:10.1128/JB.05767-11. PMID:22307758
An expanded protein-protein interaction network in Bacillus subtilis reveals a group of hubs: Exploration by an integrative approach.
Proteomics. 2011 Aug; 11(15):2981-91. doi:10.1002/pmic.201000791. PMID:21630458
A novel screening system for secretion of heterologous proteins in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbial biotechnology. 2011 Sep; 4(5):673-82. doi:10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00270.x. PMID:21624103
Peptidoglycan recognition proteins kill bacteria by activating protein-sensing two-component systems.
Nature medicine. 2011 Jun; 17(6):676-83. doi:10.1038/nm.2357. PMID:21602801
Stress-responsive systems set specific limits to the overproduction of membrane proteins in Bacillus subtilis.
Applied and environmental microbiology. 2009 Dec; 75(23):7356-64. doi:10.1128/AEM.01560-09. PMID:19820159
The density of negative charge in the cell wall influences two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading, England). 2007 Jul; 153(Pt 7):2126-36. . PMID:17600057
A disulfide bond-containing alkaline phosphatase triggers a BdbC-dependent secretion stress response in Bacillus subtilis.
Applied and environmental microbiology. 2006 Nov; 72(11):6876-85. . PMID:17088376
A novel class of heat and secretion stress-responsive genes is controlled by the autoregulated CssRS two-component system of Bacillus subtilis.
Journal of bacteriology. 2002 Oct; 184(20):5661-71. . PMID:12270824
A novel two-component regulatory system in Bacillus subtilis for the survival of severe secretion stress.
Molecular microbiology. 2001 Sep; 41(5):1159-72. . PMID:11555295
Two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis: how one organism sees its world.
Journal of bacteriology. 1999 Apr; 181(7):1975-83. . PMID:10094672
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