SigD

• Description: RNA polymerase sigma factor SigD
  
  

Gene name	sigD
Synonyms	flaB
Essential	no
Product	RNA polymerase sigma factor SigD
Function	regulation of flagella, motility, chemotaxis and autolysis
MW, pI	29 kDa, 5.167
Gene length, protein length	762 bp, 254 aa
Immediate neighbours	cheD, swrB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16470

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: sigma-70 factor family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Genes/ operons controlled by SigD

dltA-dltB-dltC-dltD-dltE, cheV, degR, epr, hag, lytA-lytB-lytC, lytD, lytF, tlpA-mcpA, mcpB, mcpC, motA-motB, nfrA-ywcH

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: SigD-FlgM

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P10726

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab

• Antibody:

References

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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