CotM

• Description: spore coat protein (outer)
  
  

Gene name	cotM
Synonyms	yneL
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein (outer)
Function	resistance of the spore
MW, pI	15 kDa, 3.942
Gene length, protein length	390 bp, 130 aa
Immediate neighbours	yneK, sspP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

GerE regulon, SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU17970

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):

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• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q45058

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cotM PubMed

• Expression browser: cotM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • A ncRNA is predicted between yneK and cotM PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: