EpsE

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  • Description: inhibitor of motility and glycosyltransferase required for EPS biosynthesis

Gene name epsE
Synonyms yveO
Essential no
Product glycosyltransferase, inhibitor of motility
Function biofilm formation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: epsE
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: EpsE
Regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
epsE
MW, pI 32 kDa, 9.804
Gene length, protein length 834 bp, 278 aa
Immediate neighbours epsF, epsD
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
YveO context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

motility and chemotaxis, biofilm formation, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, EAR riboswitch, RemA regulon, SinR regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU34330

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
    • arrests flagellar rotation in a manner similar to that of a clutch, by disengaging motor force-generating elements in cells embedded in the biofilm matrix, separates the cytoplasmic FliG motor from the MotA-MotB stator PubMed
    • biosynthesis of extracellular polysaccharides PubMed
  • Protein family: glycosyltransferase 2 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

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

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Lynne S Cairns, Laura Hobley, Nicola R Stanley-Wall
Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis: new insights into regulatory strategies and assembly mechanisms.
Mol Microbiol: 2014, 93(4);587-98
[PubMed:24988880] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Massimiliano Marvasi, Pieter T Visscher, Lilliam Casillas Martinez
Exopolymeric substances (EPS) from Bacillus subtilis: polymers and genes encoding their synthesis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2010, 313(1);1-9
[PubMed:20735481] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)


Original publications

The EAR RNA switch

Irnov Irnov, Wade C Winkler
A regulatory RNA required for antitermination of biofilm and capsular polysaccharide operons in Bacillales.
Mol Microbiol: 2010, 76(3);559-75
[PubMed:20374491] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Zasha Weinberg, Joy X Wang, Jarrod Bogue, Jingying Yang, Keith Corbino, Ryan H Moy, Ronald R Breaker
Comparative genomics reveals 104 candidate structured RNAs from bacteria, archaea, and their metagenomes.
Genome Biol: 2010, 11(3);R31
[PubMed:20230605] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Other original publications