CotG

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	cotG
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	resistance of the spore
MW, pI	23 kDa, 10.673
Gene length, protein length	585 bp, 195 aa
Immediate neighbours	cotH, ywrF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU36070

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

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: CotB-CotG PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39801

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cotG PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed
  • GerR: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information: the mRNA is very stable (half-life > 15 min) PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Leif Steil, Mónica Serrano, Adriano O Henriques, Uwe Völker
Genome-wide analysis of temporally regulated and compartment-specific gene expression in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2005, 151(Pt 2);399-420
[PubMed:15699190] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ritsuko Kuwana, Takashi Okumura, Hiromu Takamatsu, Kazuhito Watabe
The ylbO gene product of Bacillus subtilis is involved in the coat development and lysozyme resistance of spore.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2005, 242(1);51-7
[PubMed:15621419] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Rita Zilhão, Mónica Serrano, Rachele Isticato, Ezio Ricca, Charles P Moran, Adriano O Henriques
Interactions among CotB, CotG, and CotH during assembly of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(4);1110-9
[PubMed:14762006] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

G Hambraeus, C von Wachenfeldt, L Hederstedt
Genome-wide survey of mRNA half-lives in Bacillus subtilis identifies extremely stable mRNAs.
Mol Genet Genomics: 2003, 269(5);706-14
[PubMed:12884008] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A O Henriques, L R Melsen, C P Moran
Involvement of superoxide dismutase in spore coat assembly in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(9);2285-91
[PubMed:9573176] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Sacco, E Ricca, R Losick, S Cutting
An additional GerE-controlled gene encoding an abundant spore coat protein from Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(2);372-7
[PubMed:7814326] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)