ComEA

• Description: exogenous DNA-binding protein
  
  

Gene name	comEA
Synonyms	comD
Essential	no
Product	exogenous DNA-binding protein
Function	competence
MW, pI	21 kDa, 4.824
Gene length, protein length	615 bp, 205 aa
Immediate neighbours	comEB, comER
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25590

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P39694

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: comEA-comEB-comEC PubMed PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism: post-translational control by ComN, yutB is required for transcription PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Ogura, M. and T. Tanaka (2009) The Bacillus subtilis Late Competence Operon comE Is Transcriptionally Regulated by yutB and under Post-Transcription Initiation Control by comN (yrzD) J. Bacteriol. 191: 949-958. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed