MciZ

• Description: FtsZ inhibition peptide
  
  

Gene name	mciZ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	FtsZ inhibition peptide
Function	inhibits GTPase activity of FtsZ and Z ring formation during sporulation
MW, pI	xx,x kDa, y.yy
Gene length, protein length	120 bp, 40 aa
Immediate neighbours	nudF, yqkF
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: no entry

Additional information

This gene was only recently identified. PubMed

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: MciZ-FtsZ

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: no entry

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Expression and regulation

• Operon:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Aaron A Handler, Joo Eun Lim, Richard Losick
Peptide inhibitor of cytokinesis during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 68(3);588-99
[PubMed:18284588] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed