SdpC

• Description: toxin, kills non-sporulating cells, induces activity of SigW
  
  

Gene name	sdpC
Synonyms	yvaY
Essential	no
Product	toxin, kills non-sporulating cells
Function	killing of non-sporulating sister cells
MW, pI	22 kDa, 9.611
Gene length, protein length	609 bp, 203 aa
Immediate neighbours	sdpB, sdpI
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33770

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

toxins, antitoxins and immunity against toxins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: the meture SDP is a 42-residue peptide with one disulfide bridge PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: CsaA-SdpC PubMed

• Localization: secreted (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34344

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sdpA-sdpB-sdpC PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • expressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • repressed by Rok PubMed
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription activation PubMed
  • Rok: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original Publications

Mark A Strauch, Benjamin G Bobay, John Cavanagh, Fude Yao, Angelo Wilson, Yoann Le Breton
Abh and AbrB control of Bacillus subtilis antimicrobial gene expression.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(21);7720-32
[PubMed:17720793] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Bronwyn G Butcher, John D Helmann
Identification of Bacillus subtilis sigma-dependent genes that provide intrinsic resistance to antimicrobial compounds produced by Bacilli.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 60(3);765-82
[PubMed:16629676] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Craig D Ellermeier, Errett C Hobbs, Jose E Gonzalez-Pastor, Richard Losick
A three-protein signaling pathway governing immunity to a bacterial cannibalism toxin.
Cell: 2006, 124(3);549-59
[PubMed:16469701] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mark Albano, Wiep Klaas Smits, Linh T Y Ho, Barbara Kraigher, Ines Mandic-Mulec, Oscar P Kuipers, David Dubnau
The Rok protein of Bacillus subtilis represses genes for cell surface and extracellular functions.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(6);2010-9
[PubMed:15743949] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Masaya Fujita, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Richard Losick
High- and low-threshold genes in the Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(4);1357-68
[PubMed:15687200] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dirk Linde, Rudolf Volkmer-Engert, Sandra Schreiber, Jörg P Müller
Interaction of the Bacillus subtilis chaperone CsaA with the secretory protein YvaY.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2003, 226(1);93-100
[PubMed:13129613] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

José E González-Pastor, Errett C Hobbs, Richard Losick
Cannibalism by sporulating bacteria.
Science: 2003, 301(5632);510-3
[PubMed:12817086] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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)

Additional publications: PubMed