ComGD

• Description: DNA transport machinery
  
  

Gene name	comGD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	DNA transport machinery
Function	competence, DNA uptake
MW, pI	15 kDa, 9.883
Gene length, protein length	429 bp, 143 aa
Immediate neighbours	comGE, comGC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24700

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell surface PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P25956

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: comGA-comGB-comGC-comGD-comGE-comGF-comGG PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by casamino acids PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Knut Büttner, Rüdiger Bode, Michael Hecker
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression modulated by amino acid availability.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(15);4288-95
[PubMed:12107147] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hanne Jarmer, Randy Berka, Steen Knudsen, Hans H Saxild
Transcriptome analysis documents induced competence of Bacillus subtilis during nitrogen limiting conditions.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2002, 206(2);197-200
[PubMed:11814663] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y S Chung, F Breidt, D Dubnau
Cell surface localization and processing of the ComG proteins, required for DNA binding during transformation of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1998, 29(3);905-13
[PubMed:9723928] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y S Chung, D Dubnau
All seven comG open reading frames are required for DNA binding during transformation of competent Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(1);41-5
[PubMed:9422590] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)