CsgA

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  • Description: required for the ability of the germinating spore to resume vegetative growth

Gene name csgA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product unknown
Function spore germination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: csgA
MW, pI 9 kDa, 4.694
Gene length, protein length 246 bp, 82 aa
Immediate neighbours ybxG, ybxH
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

germination

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon, SpoVT regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU02070

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
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  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed during sporulation in the forespore (SpoVT) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
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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)

M Shcheptov, G Chyu, I Bagyan, S Cutting
Characterization of csgA, a new member of the forespore-expressed sigmaG-regulon from Bacillus subtilis.
Gene: 1997, 184(1);133-40
[PubMed:9016963] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)