CotQ

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	cotQ
Synonyms	yvdP
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	spore envelope
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cotQ
MW, pI	49 kDa, 6.101
Gene length, protein length	1341 bp, 447 aa
Immediate neighbours	yvdQ, cotR
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon, SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34520

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: oxygen-dependent FAD-linked oxidoreductase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O06997

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cotQ PubMed

• Expression browser: cotQ PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed, SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation (SigG, SigK) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Leif Steil, Mónica Serrano, Adriano O Henriques, Uwe Völker
Genome-wide analysis of temporally regulated and compartment-specific gene expression in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2005, 151(Pt 2);399-420
[PubMed:15699190] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Erh-Min Lai, Nikhil D Phadke, Maureen T Kachman, Rebecca Giorno, Santiago Vazquez, Jenny A Vazquez, Janine R Maddock, Adam Driks
Proteomic analysis of the spore coats of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus anthracis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(4);1443-54
[PubMed:12562816] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ritsuko Kuwana, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Machiko Fujibayashi, Hiromu Takamatsu, Naotake Ogasawara, Kazuhito Watabe
Proteomics characterization of novel spore proteins of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2002, 148(Pt 12);3971-3982
[PubMed:12480901] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)