TapA

• Description: required for the formation of biofilms and fruiting bodies
  
  

Gene name	yqxM
Synonyms	yqhD
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	formation of biofilms and fruiting bodies
MW, pI	28 kDa, 6.677
Gene length, protein length	759 bp, 253 aa
Immediate neighbours	sipW, yqzG
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24640

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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P40949

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yqxM-sipW-tasA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SinR: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed
  • SlrR: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:
  • induction by sequestration of SinR by SinI PubMed
  • activation by SlrR requires prior formation of the SlrR-SlrA complex PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: