SpoIVFB

• Description: intramembrane metalloprotease, processing of pro-sigma-K to active SigK
  
  

Gene name	spoIVFB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	intramembrane metalloprotease
Function	processing of pro-sigma-K to active SigK
MW, pI	33 kDa, 8.483
Gene length, protein length	864 bp, 288 aa
Immediate neighbours	rplU, spoIVFA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU27970

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: processing of pro-sigma-K to active SigK PubMed

• Protein family: peptidase M50B family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:
  • C-terminal cystathionine-beta-synthase (CBS) domain, this domain binds ATP PubMed

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: ATP regulates substrate access to the active site and renders cleavage sensitive to the cellular energy level PubMed

• Interactions: SpoIVFB-proSigK PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P26937

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: spoIVFA-spoIVFB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoIIID: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: