YmcA

• Description: antagonist of biofilm repression by SinR
  
  

Gene name	ymcA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	antagonist of biofilm repression by SinR
Function	regulation of biofilm formation
MW, pI	16 kDa, 5.086
Gene length, protein length	429 bp, 143 aa
Immediate neighbours	ymcB, cotE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU17020

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure: 2PIH

• Swiss prot entry: O31779

• KEGG entry: [2]

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Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

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References

Daniel B Kearns, Frances Chu, Steven S Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 55(3);739-49
[PubMed:15661000] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Steven S Branda, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Etienne Dervyn, S Dusko Ehrlich, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter
Genes involved in formation of structured multicellular communities by Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(12);3970-9
[PubMed:15175311] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)