SinI

• Description: antagonist of SinR
  
  

Gene name	sinI
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	antagonist of SinR
Function	control of SinR activity
Regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Biofilm
MW, pI	6 kDa, 6.333
Gene length, protein length	171 bp, 57 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqhG, sinR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24600

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): SlrA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: SinR-SinI

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P23308

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sinI-sinR PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • repressed during exponential growth (ScoC) PubMed
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed
  • ScoC: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Yunrong Chai, Frances Chu, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
Bistability and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 67(2);254-63
[PubMed:18047568] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Daniel B Kearns, Frances Chu, Steven S Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 55(3);739-49
[PubMed:15661000] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Alejandro Sánchez, Jorge Olmos
Bacillus subtilis transcriptional regulators interaction.
Biotechnol Lett: 2004, 26(5);403-7
[PubMed:15104138] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Sasha H Shafikhani, Ines Mandic-Mulec, Mark A Strauch, Issar Smith, Terrance Leighton
Postexponential regulation of sin operon expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(2);564-71
[PubMed:11751836] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D J Scott, S Leejeerajumnean, J A Brannigan, R J Lewis, A J Wilkinson, J G Hoggett
Quaternary re-arrangement analysed by spectral enhancement: the interaction of a sporulation repressor with its antagonist.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 293(5);997-1004
[PubMed:10547280] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R J Lewis, J A Brannigan, W A Offen, I Smith, A J Wilkinson
An evolutionary link between sporulation and prophage induction in the structure of a repressor:anti-repressor complex.
J Mol Biol: 1998, 283(5);907-12
[PubMed:9799632] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M A Strauch
In vitro binding affinity of the Bacillus subtilis AbrB protein to six different DNA target regions.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(15);4532-6
[PubMed:7635837] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P T Kallio, J E Fagelson, J A Hoch, M A Strauch
The transition state regulator Hpr of Bacillus subtilis is a DNA-binding protein.
J Biol Chem: 1991, 266(20);13411-7
[PubMed:1906467] [WorldCat.org] (P p)

N K Gaur, K Cabane, I Smith
Structure and expression of the Bacillus subtilis sin operon.
J Bacteriol: 1988, 170(3);1046-53
[PubMed:3125149] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)