SpoIVCB

From SubtiWiki
Revision as of 10:28, 1 June 2009 by Jstuelk (talk | contribs) (Labs working on this gene/protein)
Jump to: navigation, search



Gene name spoIVCB
Synonyms cisB, sigK
Essential no
Product RNA polymerase sporulation-specific sigma factor
(sigma-K) (N-terminal half)
Function late mother cell-specific gene expression
MW, pI 17 kDa, 8.208
Gene length, protein length 468 bp, 156 aa
Immediate neighbours nucB, spoIVCA
Gene sequence (+200bp) Protein sequence
Caution: The sequence for this gene in SubtiList contains errors
Genetic context
SpoIVCB context.gif
This image was kindly provided by SubtiList





The gene

Basic information

  • Coordinates:

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: sigma-70 factor family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Genes controlled by SigK

gerE, lipC, surC, yabG, yndL, yitB-yitA-yisZ

Extended information on the protein

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

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information: SigK is activated by processing of pro-SigK by the SpoIVFB metalloprotease

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

  1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed