MinJ

• Description: topological determinant of cell division
  
  

Gene name	minJ
Synonyms	yvjD, swrAB
Essential	no
Product	topological determinant of cell division
Function	cell division site selection
MW, pI	43 kDa, 9.057
Gene length, protein length	1191 bp, 397 aa
Immediate neighbours	yvkA, swrAA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35220

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

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: MinJ-MinD, MinJ-DivIVA

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O34375

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Joyce E Patrick, Daniel B Kearns
MinJ (YvjD) is a topological determinant of cell division in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 70(5);1166-79
[PubMed:18976281] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Cinzia Calvio, Francesco Celandroni, Emilia Ghelardi, Giuseppe Amati, Sara Salvetti, Fabrizio Ceciliani, Alessandro Galizzi, Sonia Senesi
Swarming differentiation and swimming motility in Bacillus subtilis are controlled by swrA, a newly identified dicistronic operon.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(15);5356-66
[PubMed:16030230] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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