Rtp

• Description: replication terminator protein
  
  

Gene name	rtp
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	replication terminator protein
Function	replication termination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rtp
MW, pI	14 kDa, 9.778
Gene length, protein length	366 bp, 122 aa
Immediate neighbours	proH, yoxD
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA replication

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU18490

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU18490

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU18490

• Structure: 1F4K (complex with DNA), 1BM9

• UniProt: P68732

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: rtp PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Qiaojuan Shi, Jose C Huguet-Tapia, Joseph E Peters
Tn917 targets the region where DNA replication terminates in Bacillus subtilis, highlighting a difference in chromosome processing in the firmicutes.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(24);7623-7
[PubMed:19820088] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

S Autret, A Levine, F Vannier, Y Fujita, S J Séror
The replication checkpoint control in Bacillus subtilis: identification of a novel RTP-binding sequence essential for the replication fork arrest after induction of the stringent response.
Mol Microbiol: 1999, 31(6);1665-79
[PubMed:10209741] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Levine, S Autret, S J Séror
A checkpoint involving RTP, the replication terminator protein, arrests replication downstream of the origin during the Stringent Response in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1995, 15(2);287-95
[PubMed:7746150] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D B Langley, M T Smith, P J Lewis, R G Wake
Protein-nucleoside contacts in the interaction between the replication terminator protein of Bacillus subtilis and the DNA terminator.
Mol Microbiol: 1993, 10(4);771-9
[PubMed:7934839] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P J Lewis, R G Wake
Termination of chromosome replication in Bacillus subtilis.
Res Microbiol: 1991, 142(7-8);893-900
[PubMed:1784827] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P J Lewis, G B Ralston, R I Christopherson, R G Wake
Identification of the replication terminator protein binding sites in the terminus region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome and stoichiometry of the binding.
J Mol Biol: 1990, 214(1);73-84
[PubMed:2115089] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P J Lewis, M T Smith, R G Wake
A protein involved in termination of chromosome replication in Bacillus subtilis binds specifically to the terC site.
J Bacteriol: 1989, 171(6);3564-7
[PubMed:2498294] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)