skfC

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may be involved in spore killing

Locus: BSU_01935

Molecular weight: 56.00 kDa

Isoelectric point: 8

Protein length: 496 aa

Gene length: 1491 bp

Function: may be involved in spore killing

Product: unknown

Essential: no

Synonyms: skfC, ybcS

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

Lifestyles, Coping with stress, Toxins, antitoxins and immunity against toxins

Prophages and mobile genetic elements, Prophages, Prophage 1

List of homologs in different organisms

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigA regulon, Spo0A regulon, AbrB regulon, PhoP regulon

Gene

Coordinates: 215,404  216,894

Expression and Regulation

Operons

Genes: skfA-skfB-skfC-skfE-skfF-skfG-skfH

Description: PubMed

Regulation

expressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

Regulatory mechanism

Spo0A: activation, PubMed, in spo0A regulon
AbrB: repression, PubMed, in abrB regulon
PhoP: activation, PubMed, in phoP regulon

Sigma factors

SigA: sigma factor, PubMed, in sigA regulon

Additional information

Northern blotting during during phosphate limitation showed an intense 0.25 kb 'skfA'-specific transcript, and a weaker 6.5 kb 'skfA-skfB-skfC-skfE-skfF-skfG-skfH' transcript.

Biological materials

Mutant

MGNA-C514 (ybcS::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
BKE01935 (skfC::erm  trpC2) available at BGSC,  PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CCAGAACACCAATGATAGAC,  downstream forward: _UP4_CTCTAATGATTAGGAGAAGA
BKK01935 (skfC::kan  trpC2) available at BGSC,  PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CCAGAACACCAATGATAGAC,  downstream forward: _UP4_CTCTAATGATTAGGAGAAGA

References

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