Spo0E

• Description: Spo0A-P phosphatase
  
  

Gene name	spo0E
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	Spo0A-P phosphatase
Function	initiation of sporulation
MW, pI	9 kDa, 6.483
Gene length, protein length	255 bp, 85 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykvA, eag
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13640

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: spo0E family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YnzD

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: Spo0F-Spo0E, Spo0A-Spo0E

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P05043

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information: Spo0E is degraded by FtsH

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Tony Wilkinson, York University, U.K. homepage

References

Ai Thi Thuy Le, Wolfgang Schumann
The Spo0E phosphatase of Bacillus subtilis is a substrate of the FtsH metalloprotease.
Microbiology (Reading): 2009, 155(Pt 4);1122-1132
[PubMed:19332814] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Andrea Feucht, Laura Abbotts, Jeffery Errington
The cell differentiation protein SpoIIE contains a regulatory site that controls its phosphatase activity in response to asymmetric septation.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 45(4);1119-30
[PubMed:12180929] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Sophie J Stephenson, Marta Perego
Interaction surface of the Spo0A response regulator with the Spo0E phosphatase.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 44(6);1455-67
[PubMed:12067336] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

I Lucet, A Feucht, M D Yudkin, J Errington
Direct interaction between the cell division protein FtsZ and the cell differentiation protein SpoIIE.
EMBO J: 2000, 19(7);1467-75
[PubMed:10747015] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K L Ohlsen, J K Grimsley, J A Hoch
Deactivation of the sporulation transcription factor Spo0A by the Spo0E protein phosphatase.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1994, 91(5);1756-60
[PubMed:8127878] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Perego, J A Hoch
Negative regulation of Bacillus subtilis sporulation by the spo0E gene product.
J Bacteriol: 1991, 173(8);2514-20
[PubMed:1901567] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

U Bai, M Lewandoski, E Dubnau, I Smith
Temporal regulation of the Bacillus subtilis early sporulation gene spo0F.
J Bacteriol: 1990, 172(9);5432-9
[PubMed:2118512] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M A Strauch, G B Spiegelman, M Perego, W C Johnson, D Burbulys, J A Hoch
The transition state transcription regulator abrB of Bacillus subtilis is a DNA binding protein.
EMBO J: 1989, 8(5);1615-21
[PubMed:2504584] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Perego, J A Hoch
Isolation and sequence of the spo0E gene: its role in initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1987, 1(1);125-32
[PubMed:2838724] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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