SigX

• Description: RNA polymerase ECF-type sigma factor SigX
  
  

Gene name	sigX
Synonyms	ypuM
Essential	no
Product	RNA polymerase ECF-type sigma factor SigX
Function	cell surface properties
MW, pI	23 kDa, 6.086
Gene length, protein length	582 bp, 194 aa
Immediate neighbours	rsiX, resE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ECF subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Genes controlled by SigX

pbpX, csbB, abh, dltA-dltB-dltC-dltD-dltE

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: RsiX-SigX

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P35165

• KEGG entry: BSU23100

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sigX-rsiX

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism: activated by YvrHb PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Huang X, Helmann JD. (1998) Identification of target promoters for the Bacillus subtilis sigma X factor using a consensus-directed search. J Mol Biol. 279: 165-173. PubMed
2. Serizawa M, Kodama K, Yamamoto H, Kobayashi K, Ogasawara N, Sekiguchi J. (2005) Functional analysis of the YvrGHb two-component system of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the regulated genes by DNA microarray and northern blot analyses. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 69: 2155-2169. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed