SpoIIM

• Description: required for dissolution of the septal cell wall
  
  

Gene name	spoIIM
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	sporulation protein
Function	dissolution of the septal cell wall
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: spoIIM
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: SpoIIM
MW, pI	24 kDa, 9.84
Gene length, protein length	642 bp, 214 aa
Immediate neighbours	fur, yqkK
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

cell wall/ other, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23530

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:
  • SpoIIP-SpoIIM PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37873

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: spoIIM PubMed

• Expression browser: spoIIM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE) PubMed
  • subject to negative control by YlbO PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Jennifer Fredlund, Dan Broder, Tinya Fleming, Clémence Claussin, Kit Pogliano
The SpoIIQ landmark protein has different requirements for septal localization and immobilization.
Mol Microbiol: 2013, 89(6);1053-68
[PubMed:23859254] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Arnaud Chastanet, Richard Losick
Engulfment during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis is governed by a multi-protein complex containing tandemly acting autolysins.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 64(1);139-52
[PubMed:17376078] [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)

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)

P Eichenberger, P Fawcett, R Losick
A three-protein inhibitor of polar septation during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2001, 42(5);1147-62
[PubMed:11886548] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K Smith, P Youngman
Evidence that the spoIIM gene of Bacillus subtilis is transcribed by RNA polymerase associated with sigma E.
J Bacteriol: 1993, 175(11);3618-27
[PubMed:8501065] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)