CotM

• Description: spore coat protein (outer)
  
  

Gene name	cotM
Synonyms	yneL
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein (outer)
Function	resistance of the spore
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cotM
MW, pI	15 kDa, 3.942
Gene length, protein length	390 bp, 130 aa
Immediate neighbours	yneK, sspP
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon, SigK regulon, GerE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU17970

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:
  • outer spore coat, localization depends on CotE PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q45058

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cotM PubMed

• Expression browser: cotM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed, SigK PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • A ncRNA is predicted between yneK and cotM PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: