RodZ

• Description: required for cell shape determination
  
  

Gene name	rodZ
Synonyms	ymfM
Essential	no
Product	morphogenic protein
Function	required for cell shape determination
MW, pI	23 kDa, 4.679
Gene length, protein length	639 bp, 213 aa
Immediate neighbours	ymfL, pgsA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16910

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:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [2]

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Additional information

overexpression results in growth inhibition in minimal medium (in the absence of Mg2+ )

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

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Labs working on this gene/protein

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