SpoIVCB

• Description: sporulation-specific sigma factor (SigK) (N-terminal half), other part: spoIIIC

Gene name	spoIVCB
Synonyms	cisB, sigK
Essential	no
Product	RNA polymerase sporulation-specific sigma factor (sigma-K) (N-terminal half)
Function	late mother cell-specific gene expression
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: SigK
MW, pI	17 kDa, 8.208
Gene length, protein length	468 bp, 156 aa
Immediate neighbours	nucB, spoIVCA
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Caution: The sequence for this gene in SubtiList contains errors
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

transcription, sigma factors and their control, sporulation proteins, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

GerE regulon, SigE regulon, SigK regulon, SpoIIID regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25760

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: sigma-70 factor family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • SpoIVFB-proSigK PubMed
  • SigK-(RpoB-RpoC)

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P12254

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sigK (composed of spoIVCB-spoIIIC) PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed, SigK PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription repression PubMed
  • SpoIIID: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:
  • SigK is activated by processing of membrane-bound pro-SigK by the SpoIVFB metalloprotease PubMed
  • spoIVCB and spoIIIC form a composite gene in the mother cell during sporulation by excising the intervening DNA sequence.

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Arthur Aronson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA homepage
• Charles Moran, Emory University, NC, USA homepage

References

The SigK regulon

Takeko Kodama, Takeshi Matsubayashi, Tadayoshi Yanagihara, Hiroyuki Komoto, Katsutoshi Ara, Katsuya Ozaki, Ritsuko Kuwana, Daisuke Imamura, Hiromu Takamatsu, Kazuhito Watabe, Junichi Sekiguchi
A novel small protein of Bacillus subtilis involved in spore germination and spore coat assembly.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2011, 75(6);1119-28
[PubMed:21670523] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jessica M Silvaggi, John B Perkins, Richard Losick
Genes for small, noncoding RNAs under sporulation control in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(2);532-41
[PubMed:16385044] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Patrick Eichenberger, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Erin M Conlon, David Z Rudner, Stephanie T Wang, Caitlin Ferguson, Koki Haga, Tsutomu Sato, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The program of gene transcription for a single differentiating cell type during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
PLoS Biol: 2004, 2(10);e328
[PubMed:15383836] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)