BceS

• Description: two-component sensor kinase, regulation of bceA-bceB in response to bacitracin, plectasin, mersacidin and actagardine
  
  

Gene name	bceS
Synonyms	ytsB
Essential	no
Product	two-component sensor kinase (OmpR family)
Function	resistance against toxic peptides
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: BceS
MW, pI	38 kDa, 5.939
Gene length, protein length	1002 bp, 334 aa
Immediate neighbours	bceA, bceR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

protein modification, transcription factors and their control, resistance against toxins/ antibiotics, membrane proteins, phosphoproteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30390

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: autophosphorylation, phosphorylation of BceR

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains: two transmembrane segments, C-terminal histidine phosphotransferase domain

• Modification: autophosphorylation on a His residue

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • BceS-BceR
  • BceB-BceS PubMed

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O35044

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: bceR-bceS PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Stéphanie Coumes-Florens, Céline Brochier-Armanet, Annick Guiseppi, François Denizot, Maryline Foglino
A new highly conserved antibiotic sensing/resistance pathway in firmicutes involves an ABC transporter interplaying with a signal transduction system.
PLoS One: 2011, 6(1);e15951
[PubMed:21283517] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Eva Rietkötter, Diana Hoyer, Thorsten Mascher
Bacitracin sensing in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 68(3);768-85
[PubMed:18394148] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Thorsten Mascher, Neil G Margulis, Tao Wang, Rick W Ye, John D Helmann
Cell wall stress responses in Bacillus subtilis: the regulatory network of the bacitracin stimulon.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1591-604
[PubMed:14651641] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Reiko Ohki, Giyanto, Kozue Tateno, Waka Masuyama, Shigeki Moriya, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara
The BceRS two-component regulatory system induces expression of the bacitracin transporter, BceAB, in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(4);1135-44
[PubMed:12890034] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Min Cao, John D Helmann
Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis bcrC bacitracin resistance gene by two extracytoplasmic function sigma factors.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(22);6123-9
[PubMed:12399481] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C Fabret, V A Feher, J A Hoch
Two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis: how one organism sees its world.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(7);1975-83
[PubMed:10094672] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)