cotY
168
main structural component of the spore crust, necessary for the assembly of the spore crust, the outermost layer of the spore coat
Locus
BSU_11750
Molecular weight
17.74 kDa
Isoelectric point
4.86
Function
spore crust assembly
Product
spore crust protein (insoluble fraction)
Essential
no
Synonyms
cotY
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG5888 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
1,250,016 → 1,250,504
The protein
Structure
Paralogous protein(s)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Biological materials
Mutant
References
Reviews
The Spore Coat.
Microbiology spectrum. 2016 Apr; 4(2). doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.TBS-0023-2016. PMID:27227299
The Bacillus subtilis endospore: assembly and functions of the multilayered coat.
Nature reviews. Microbiology. 2013 Jan; 11(1):33-44. doi:10.1038/nrmicro2921. PMID:23202530
Original Publications
Real-time nanoscale investigation of spore coat assembly in Bacillus subtilis.Communications biology. 2025 Jul 30; 8(1):1131. PMID: 40738962
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Identification of Native Cross-Links in Bacillus subtilis Spore Coat Proteins.Journal of proteome research. 2021 Feb 17; . PMID: 33596081
Diffraction pattern of Bacillus subtilis CotY spore coat protein 2D crystals.Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces. 2021 Jan; 197:111425. PMID: 33099149
The Bacillus subtilis endospore crust: protein interaction network, architecture and glycosylation state of a potential glycoprotein layer.
Molecular microbiology. 2019 Sep 10; . doi:10.1111/mmi.14381. PMID:31502725
Contributions of crust proteins to spore surface properties in Bacillus subtilis.
Molecular microbiology. 2018 Dec 24; . doi:10.1111/mmi.14194. PMID:30582883
Exploring the interaction network of the Bacillus subtilis outer coat and crust proteins.
Microbiological research. 2017 Nov; 204:72-80. pii:S0944-5013(17)30469-X. doi:10.1016/j.micres.2017.08.004. PMID:28870294
Forces and Kinetics of the Bacillus subtilis Spore Coat Proteins CotY and CotX Binding to CotE Inspected by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy.
The journal of physical chemistry. B. 2016 Feb 18; 120(6):1041-7. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b11344. PMID:26821119
An experimentally supported model of the Bacillus subtilis global transcriptional regulatory network.
Molecular systems biology. 2015 Nov 17; 11(11):839. doi:10.15252/msb.20156236. PMID:26577401
Investigating interactions of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat proteins CotY and CotZ using single molecule force spectroscopy.
Journal of structural biology. 2015 Oct; 192(1):14-20. doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2015.09.001. pii:S1047-8477(15)30056-3. PMID:26341943
Diverse supramolecular structures formed by self-assembling proteins of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
Molecular microbiology. 2015 Jul; 97(2):347-59. doi:10.1111/mmi.13030. PMID:25872412
Proteins involved in formation of the outermost layer of Bacillus subtilis spores.
Journal of bacteriology. 2011 Aug; 193(16):4075-80. doi:10.1128/JB.05310-11. PMID:21665972
A distance-weighted interaction map reveals a previously uncharacterized layer of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
Current biology : CB. 2010 May 25; 20(10):934-8. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.060. PMID:20451384
Searching for protein-protein interactions within the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
Journal of bacteriology. 2009 May; 191(10):3212-9. doi:10.1128/JB.01807-08. PMID:19304857
ExsY and CotY are required for the correct assembly of the exosporium and spore coat of Bacillus cereus.
Journal of bacteriology. 2006 Nov; 188(22):7905-13. . PMID:16980471
Genome-wide analysis of temporally regulated and compartment-specific gene expression in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading, England). 2005 Feb; 151(Pt 2):399-420. . PMID:15699190
The ylbO gene product of Bacillus subtilis is involved in the coat development and lysozyme resistance of spore.
FEMS microbiology letters. 2005 Jan 01; 242(1):51-7. . PMID:15621419
Regulation of the transcription of a cluster of Bacillus subtilis spore coat genes.
Journal of molecular biology. 1994 Jul 29; 240(5):405-15. . PMID:7519271
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