CtpB

• Description: carboxy-terminal processing serine protease, cleaves SpoIVFA, this results in processing of pro-SigK
  
  

Gene name	ctpB
Synonyms	yvjB
Essential	no
Product	carboxy-terminal processing serine protease, cleaves SpoIVFA
Function	control of SigK activation
MW, pI	52 kDa, 8.641
Gene length, protein length	1440 bp, 480 aa
Immediate neighbours	swrAA, ftsX
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35240

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): CtpA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Qi Pan, Richard Losick, David Z Rudner
A second PDZ-containing serine protease contributes to activation of the sporulation transcription factor sigmaK in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(20);6051-6
[PubMed:14526016] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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