CotSA

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  • Description: spore coat protein

Gene name cotSA
Synonyms ytxN, ytbA
Essential no
Product spore coat protein
Function resistance of the spore
MW, pI 42 kDa, 7.812
Gene length, protein length 1131 bp, 377 aa
Immediate neighbours cotS, cotI
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
CotSA context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU30910

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: glycosyltransferase 1 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): YtcC

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Leif Steil, Mónica Serrano, Adriano O Henriques, Uwe Völker
Genome-wide analysis of temporally regulated and compartment-specific gene expression in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2005, 151(Pt 2);399-420
[PubMed:15699190] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Little, A Driks
Functional analysis of the Bacillus subtilis morphogenetic spore coat protein CotE.
Mol Microbiol: 2001, 42(4);1107-20
[PubMed:11737650] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Takamatsu, T Kodama, K Watabe
Assembly of the CotSA coat protein into spores requires CotS in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 1999, 174(1);201-6
[PubMed:10234840] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Takamatsu, Y Chikahiro, T Kodama, H Koide, S Kozuka, K Tochikubo, K Watabe
A spore coat protein, CotS, of Bacillus subtilis is synthesized under the regulation of sigmaK and GerE during development and is located in the inner coat layer of spores.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(11);2968-74
[PubMed:9603889] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)