SpoIVFA

• Description: inhibitor of SpoIVFB metalloprotease
  
  

Gene name	spoIVFA
Synonyms	bofB, spoVL
Essential	no
Product	inhibitor of SpoIVFB metalloprotease
Function	control of SigK activation
MW, pI	29 kDa, 7.292
Gene length, protein length	792 bp, 264 aa
Immediate neighbours	spoIVFB, minD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU27980

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: forespore outer membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P26936

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

cleaved by SpoIVB and CtpB

Expression and regulation

• Operon: spoIVFA-spoIVFB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE, SpoIIID) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoIIID: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information: cleaved by SpoIVB and CtpB

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Nathalie Campo, David Z Rudner
A branched pathway governing the activation of a developmental transcription factor by regulated intramembrane proteolysis.
Mol Cell: 2006, 23(1);25-35
[PubMed:16818230] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Thierry Doan, Kathleen A Marquis, David Z Rudner
Subcellular localization of a sporulation membrane protein is achieved through a network of interactions along and across the septum.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 55(6);1767-81
[PubMed:15752199] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tran C Dong, Simon M Cutting
The PDZ domain of the SpoIVB transmembrane signaling protein enables cis-trans interactions involving multiple partners leading to the activation of the pro-sigmaK processing complex in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2004, 279(42);43468-78
[PubMed:15292188] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tran C Dong, Simon M Cutting
SpoIVB-mediated cleavage of SpoIVFA could provide the intercellular signal to activate processing of Pro-sigmaK in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(5);1425-34
[PubMed:12940997] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

David Z Rudner, Richard Losick
A sporulation membrane protein tethers the pro-sigmaK processing enzyme to its inhibitor and dictates its subcellular localization.
Genes Dev: 2002, 16(8);1007-18
[PubMed:11959848] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

O Resnekov, R Losick
Negative regulation of the proteolytic activation of a developmental transcription factor in Bacillus subtilis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1998, 95(6);3162-7
[PubMed:9501233] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

O Resnekov, S Alper, R Losick
Subcellular localization of proteins governing the proteolytic activation of a developmental transcription factor in Bacillus subtilis.
Genes Cells: 1996, 1(6);529-42
[PubMed:9078383] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E Ricca, S Cutting, R Losick
Characterization of bofA, a gene involved in intercompartmental regulation of pro-sigma K processing during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(10);3177-84
[PubMed:1577688] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Cutting, S Roels, R Losick
Sporulation operon spoIVF and the characterization of mutations that uncouple mother-cell from forespore gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1991, 221(4);1237-56
[PubMed:1942049] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Cutting, V Oke, A Driks, R Losick, S Lu, L Kroos
A forespore checkpoint for mother cell gene expression during development in B. subtilis.
Cell: 1990, 62(2);239-50
[PubMed:2115401] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)