Spo0B

• Description: sporulation initiation phosphotransferase of the phosphorelay
  
  

Gene name	spo0B
Synonyms	spo0D
Essential	no
Product	sporulation initiation phosphotransferase of the phosphorelay
Function	initiation of sporulation
Function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phosphorelay
MW, pI	22 kDa, 4.963
Gene length, protein length	576 bp, 192 aa
Immediate neighbours	obg, rpmA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU27930

Phenotypes of a mutant

Arrest of sporulation at stage 0 (initiation) PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

phosphorelay, phosphoproteins

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: Spo0B-Spo0F, Spo0B-Spo0A

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1F51 (complex with Spo0F), 1IXM

• UniProt: P06535

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: spo0B-obg PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • spo0B12, point mutation 85C>T (=R29W), available in BGSC 1S54
  • spo0B136, amber mutation 103A>T (=K35X), available in BGSC 1S16
  • spo0B580ts, point mutation 193G>A (=E65K), available in BGSC 1S90
  • spo0B581ts, point mutation 461G>A (=G154D), available in BGSC 1S91

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Prahathees Eswaramoorthy, Jeffrey Dinh, Daniel Duan, Oleg A Igoshin, Masaya Fujita
Single-cell measurement of the levels and distributions of the phosphorelay components in a population of sporulating Bacillus subtilis cells.
Microbiology (Reading): 2010, 156(Pt 8);2294-2304
[PubMed:20413551] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Kottayil I Varughese, Igor Tsigelny, Haiyan Zhao
The crystal structure of beryllofluoride Spo0F in complex with the phosphotransferase Spo0B represents a phosphotransfer pretransition state.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(13);4970-7
[PubMed:16788205] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Masaya Fujita, Richard Losick
The master regulator for entry into sporulation in Bacillus subtilis becomes a cell-specific transcription factor after asymmetric division.
Genes Dev: 2003, 17(9);1166-74
[PubMed:12730135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Sophie J Stephenson, Marta Perego
Interaction surface of the Spo0A response regulator with the Spo0E phosphatase.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 44(6);1455-67
[PubMed:12067336] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J Zapf, U Sen, Madhusudan, J A Hoch, K I Varughese
A transient interaction between two phosphorelay proteins trapped in a crystal lattice reveals the mechanism of molecular recognition and phosphotransfer in signal transduction.
Structure: 2000, 8(8);851-62
[PubMed:10997904] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y L Tzeng, X Z Zhou, J A Hoch
Phosphorylation of the Spo0B response regulator phosphotransferase of the phosphorelay initiating development in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 1998, 273(37);23849-55
[PubMed:9726997] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C E Grimshaw, S Huang, C G Hanstein, M A Strauch, D Burbulys, L Wang, J A Hoch, J M Whiteley
Synergistic kinetic interactions between components of the phosphorelay controlling sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
Biochemistry: 1998, 37(5);1365-75
[PubMed:9477965] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y L Tzeng, J A Hoch
Molecular recognition in signal transduction: the interaction surfaces of the Spo0F response regulator with its cognate phosphorelay proteins revealed by alanine scanning mutagenesis.
J Mol Biol: 1997, 272(2);200-12
[PubMed:9299348] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

X Z Zhou, Madhusudan, J M Whiteley, J A Hoch, K I Varughese
Purification and preliminary crystallographic studies on the sporulation response regulatory phosphotransferase protein, Spo0B, from Bacillus subtilis.
Proteins: 1997, 27(4);597-600
[PubMed:9141138] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D Burbulys, K A Trach, J A Hoch
Initiation of sporulation in B. subtilis is controlled by a multicomponent phosphorelay.
Cell: 1991, 64(3);545-52
[PubMed:1846779] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

U Bai, M Lewandoski, E Dubnau, I Smith
Temporal regulation of the Bacillus subtilis early sporulation gene spo0F.
J Bacteriol: 1990, 172(9);5432-9
[PubMed:2118512] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K Trach, J A Hoch
The Bacillus subtilis spo0B stage 0 sporulation operon encodes an essential GTP-binding protein.
J Bacteriol: 1989, 171(3);1362-71
[PubMed:2537815] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Zuber, R Losick
Role of AbrB in Spo0A- and Spo0B-dependent utilization of a sporulation promoter in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1987, 169(5);2223-30
[PubMed:2437099] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

F A Ferrari, K Trach, J A Hoch
Sequence analysis of the spo0B locus reveals a polycistronic transcription unit.
J Bacteriol: 1985, 161(2);556-62
[PubMed:3918016] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)