RpoE

• Description: RNA polymerase delta subunit, affects the regulation of RNA polymerase by the concentration of the initiating nucleoside triphosphate ([iNTP])
  
  

Gene name	rpoE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	RNA polymerase delta subunit
Function	transcription
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rpoE
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RpoE
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Fatty acid degradation
MW, pI	20 kDa, 3.654
Gene length, protein length	519 bp, 173 aa
Immediate neighbours	pyrG, acdA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transcription

This gene is a member of the following regulons

FadR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37160

Phenotypes of a mutant

• RpoE is essential for cell survival when facing a competing strain in changing environment PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: rpoE family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • closely associated to RNA polymerase (RpoA(2)-RpoB-RpoC) PubMed

• Localization:
  • closely associated with RNA polymerase involved in transcribing both mRNA and rRNA operons PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 2KRC PubMed

• UniProt: P12464

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.7.6

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • fadF-acdA-rpoE PubMed
  • rpoE PubMed

• Expression browser: rpoE PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • fadF: SigA PubMed
  • rpoE: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • fadF: repressed in the absence of long-chain fatty acids (FadR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FadR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • present at equimolar levels with RNA polymerase PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Arthur Aronson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA homepage

References

Original publications

Alžbeta Rabatinová, Hana Šanderová, Jitka Jirát Matějčková, Jana Korelusová, Luděk Sojka, Ivan Barvík, Veronika Papoušková, Vladimír Sklenár, Lukáš Žídek, Libor Krásný
The δ subunit of RNA polymerase is required for rapid changes in gene expression and competitive fitness of the cell.
J Bacteriol: 2013, 195(11);2603-11
[PubMed:23543716] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Anna Zawadzka-Kazimierczuk, Wiktor Koźmiński, Hana Sanderová, Libor Krásný
High dimensional and high resolution pulse sequences for backbone resonance assignment of intrinsically disordered proteins.
J Biomol NMR: 2012, 52(4);329-37
[PubMed:22350953] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jiří Nováček, Anna Zawadzka-Kazimierczuk, Veronika Papoušková, Lukáš Zídek, Hana Sanderová, Libor Krásný, Wiktor Koźmiński, Vladimír Sklenář
5D 13C-detected experiments for backbone assignment of unstructured proteins with a very low signal dispersion.
J Biomol NMR: 2011, 50(1);1-11
[PubMed:21424579] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Veronika Motáčková, Jiří Nováček, Anna Zawadzka-Kazimierczuk, Krzysztof Kazimierczuk, Lukáš Zídek, Hana Sanderová, Libor Krásný, Wiktor Koźmiński, Vladimír Sklenář
Strategy for complete NMR assignment of disordered proteins with highly repetitive sequences based on resolution-enhanced 5D experiments.
J Biomol NMR: 2010, 48(3);169-77
[PubMed:20890634] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Geoff P Doherty, Mark J Fogg, Anthony J Wilkinson, Peter J Lewis
Small subunits of RNA polymerase: localization, levels and implications for core enzyme composition.
Microbiology (Reading): 2010, 156(Pt 12);3532-3543
[PubMed:20724389] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Veronika Motácková, Hana Sanderová, Lukás Zídek, Jirí Novácek, Petr Padrta, Alzbeta Svenková, Jana Korelusová, Jirí Jonák, Libor Krásný, Vladimír Sklenár
Solution structure of the N-terminal domain of Bacillus subtilis delta subunit of RNA polymerase and its classification based on structural homologs.
Proteins: 2010, 78(7);1807-10
[PubMed:20310067] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Organization and function of the YsiA regulon of Bacillus subtilis involved in fatty acid degradation.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(8);5180-94
[PubMed:17189250] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

F J López de Saro, N Yoshikawa, J D Helmann
Expression, abundance, and RNA polymerase binding properties of the delta factor of Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 1999, 274(22);15953-8
[PubMed:10336502] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

F J López de Saro, A Y Woody, J D Helmann
Structural analysis of the Bacillus subtilis delta factor: a protein polyanion which displaces RNA from RNA polymerase.
J Mol Biol: 1995, 252(2);189-202
[PubMed:7545758] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y L Juang, J D Helmann
Pathway of promoter melting by Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase at a stable RNA promoter: effects of temperature, delta protein, and sigma factor mutations.
Biochemistry: 1995, 34(26);8465-73
[PubMed:7599136] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y L Juang, J D Helmann
The delta subunit of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase. An allosteric effector of the initiation and core-recycling phases of transcription.
J Mol Biol: 1994, 239(1);1-14
[PubMed:7515111] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Lampe, C Binnie, R Schmidt, R Losick
Cloned gene encoding the delta subunit of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase.
Gene: 1988, 67(1);13-9
[PubMed:2843435] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E I Hyde, M D Hilton, H R Whiteley
Interactions of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase with subunits determining the specificity of initiation. Sigma and delta peptides can bind simultaneously to core.
J Biol Chem: 1986, 261(35);16565-70
[PubMed:3097010] [WorldCat.org] (P p)

E C Achberger, H R Whiteley
The role of the delta peptide of the Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase in promoter selection.
J Biol Chem: 1981, 256(14);7424-32
[PubMed:6788769] [WorldCat.org] (P p)