ComEB

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  • Description: late competence protein required for DNA binding and uptake

Gene name comEB
Synonyms comD
Essential no
Product late competence protein
Function genetic compentence
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: comEB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Nucleotides (regulation), Protein secretion
MW, pI 20 kDa, 5.368
Gene length, protein length 567 bp, 189 aa
Immediate neighbours comEC, comEA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

genetic competence, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComK regulon, ComN regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU25580

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: cytidine and deoxycytidylate deaminase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization:
    • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)
    • localizes to one or both cell poles PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • 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

Miriam Kaufenstein, Martin van der Laan, Peter L Graumann
The three-layered DNA uptake machinery at the cell pole in competent Bacillus subtilis cells is a stable complex.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(7);1633-42
[PubMed:21278288] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Mitsuo Ogura, Teruo Tanaka
The Bacillus subtilis late competence operon comE is transcriptionally regulated by yutB and under post-transcription initiation control by comN (yrzD).
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(3);949-58
[PubMed:19028902] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hanne Jarmer, Randy Berka, Steen Knudsen, Hans H Saxild
Transcriptome analysis documents induced competence of Bacillus subtilis during nitrogen limiting conditions.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2002, 206(2);197-200
[PubMed:11814663] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J Hahn, G Inamine, Y Kozlov, D Dubnau
Characterization of comE, a late competence operon of Bacillus subtilis required for the binding and uptake of transforming DNA.
Mol Microbiol: 1993, 10(1);99-111
[PubMed:7968523] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)