AbrB
- Description: transcriptional regulator of transition state genes
Gene name | abrB |
Synonyms | cpsX, tolB |
Essential | no |
Product | transcriptional regulator |
Function | regulation of gene expression during the transition from growth to stationary phase |
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Biofilm, His, Asp, Asn, Ammonium/ glutamate, Central C-metabolism, Sugar catabolism | |
MW, pI | 10 kDa, 6.57 |
Gene length, protein length | 282 bp, 94 aa |
Immediate neighbours | yabC, metS |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU00370
Phenotypes of a mutant
No swarming motility on B medium. PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family:
Genes/ operons controlled by AbrB
- Repressed by AbrB: abrB, aprE, comK, ftsA-ftsZ, kinC, motA, nprE, pbpE, spo0H, spoVG, spo0E, tycA, sbo-alb, yqxM-sipW-tasA, sdpA operon, sunA operon, skfA operon, abh, pbpE, ggt, sinI-sinR, sigW, yuaB
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Localization:
Database entries
- UniProt: P08874
- KEGG entry: [3]
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon: abrB PubMed
- Regulation: expressed at the onset of stationary phase PubMed
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant: TT731 (aphA3)
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage
Mark Strauch, Baltimore, USA homepage
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Daniel Schultz, Peter G Wolynes, Eshel Ben Jacob, José N Onuchic
Deciding fate in adverse times: sporulation and competence in Bacillus subtilis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2009, 106(50);21027-34
[PubMed:19995980]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Z E V Phillips, M A Strauch
Bacillus subtilis sporulation and stationary phase gene expression.
Cell Mol Life Sci: 2002, 59(3);392-402
[PubMed:11964117]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Original Publications
Steve D Seredick, Barbara M Seredick, David Baker, George B Spiegelman
An A257V mutation in the bacillus subtilis response regulator Spo0A prevents regulated expression of promoters with low-consensus binding sites.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(17);5489-98
[PubMed:19581368]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Yun Luo, John D Helmann
Extracytoplasmic function sigma factors with overlapping promoter specificity regulate sublancin production in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(15);4951-8
[PubMed:19465659]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Kassem Hamze, Daria Julkowska, Sabine Autret, Krzysztof Hinc, Krzysztofa Nagorska, Agnieszka Sekowska, I Barry Holland, Simone J Séror
Identification of genes required for different stages of dendritic swarming in Bacillus subtilis, with a novel role for phrC.
Microbiology (Reading): 2009, 155(Pt 2);398-412
[PubMed:19202088]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Allison V Banse, Arnaud Chastanet, Lilah Rahn-Lee, Errett C Hobbs, Richard Losick
Parallel pathways of repression and antirepression governing the transition to stationary phase in Bacillus subtilis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2008, 105(40);15547-52
[PubMed:18840696]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Frances Chu, Daniel B Kearns, Anna McLoon, Yunrong Chai, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A novel regulatory protein governing biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 68(5);1117-27
[PubMed:18430133]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Krzysztofa Nagórska, Krzysztof Hinc, Mark A Strauch, Michał Obuchowski
Influence of the sigmaB stress factor and yxaB, the gene for a putative exopolysaccharide synthase under sigmaB Control, on biofilm formation.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(10);3546-56
[PubMed:18326573]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Mark A Strauch, Benjamin G Bobay, John Cavanagh, Fude Yao, Angelo Wilson, Yoann Le Breton
Abh and AbrB control of Bacillus subtilis antimicrobial gene expression.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(21);7720-32
[PubMed:17720793]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Sina Jordan, Eva Rietkötter, Mark A Strauch, Falk Kalamorz, Bronwyn G Butcher, John D Helmann, Thorsten Mascher
LiaRS-dependent gene expression is embedded in transition state regulation in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2007, 153(Pt 8);2530-2540
[PubMed:17660417]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Benjamin G Bobay, Geoffrey A Mueller, Richele J Thompson, Alexey G Murzin, Ronald A Venters, Mark A Strauch, John Cavanagh
NMR structure of AbhN and comparison with AbrBN: FIRST insights into the DNA binding promiscuity and specificity of AbrB-like transition state regulator proteins.
J Biol Chem: 2006, 281(30);21399-21409
[PubMed:16702211]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Benjamin G Bobay, Antonina Andreeva, Geoffrey A Mueller, John Cavanagh, Alexey G Murzin
Revised structure of the AbrB N-terminal domain unifies a diverse superfamily of putative DNA-binding proteins.
FEBS Lett: 2005, 579(25);5669-74
[PubMed:16223496]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Fude Yao, Mark A Strauch
Independent and interchangeable multimerization domains of the AbrB, Abh, and SpoVT global regulatory proteins.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(18);6354-62
[PubMed:16159768]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Masaya Fujita, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Richard Losick
High- and low-threshold genes in the Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(4);1357-68
[PubMed:15687200]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Benjamin G Bobay, Linda Benson, Stephen Naylor, Brett Feeney, A Clay Clark, Michael B Goshe, Mark A Strauch, Richele Thompson, John Cavanagh
Evaluation of the DNA binding tendencies of the transition state regulator AbrB.
Biochemistry: 2004, 43(51);16106-18
[PubMed:15610005]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Hyun-Jin Kim, Sam-In Kim, Manoja Ratnayake-Lecamwasam, Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Abraham L Sonenshein, Mark Strauch
Complex regulation of the Bacillus subtilis aconitase gene.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(5);1672-80
[PubMed:12591885]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Leendert W Hamoen, Daisy Kausche, Mohamed A Marahiel, Douwe van Sinderen, Gerard Venema, Pascale Serror
The Bacillus subtilis transition state regulator AbrB binds to the -35 promoter region of comK.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2003, 218(2);299-304
[PubMed:12586407]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Linda M Benson, Jeffrey L Vaughn, Mark A Strauch, Benjamin G Bobay, Richele Thompson, Stephen Naylor, John Cavanagh
Macromolecular assembly of the transition state regulator AbrB in its unbound and complexed states probed by microelectrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
Anal Biochem: 2002, 306(2);222-7
[PubMed:12123659]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Qiang Qian, Chien Y Lee, John D Helmann, Mark A Strauch
AbrB is a regulator of the sigma(W) regulon in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2002, 211(2);219-23
[PubMed:12076816]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Wolfgang Klein, Mohamed A Marahiel
Structure-function relationship and regulation of two Bacillus subtilis DNA-binding proteins, HBsu and AbrB.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2002, 4(3);323-9
[PubMed:11931565]
[WorldCat.org]
(P p)
Sasha H Shafikhani, Ines Mandic-Mulec, Mark A Strauch, Issar Smith, Terrance Leighton
Postexponential regulation of sin operon expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(2);564-71
[PubMed:11751836]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Z E Phillips, M A Strauch
Role of Cys54 in AbrB multimerization and DNA-binding activity.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2001, 203(2);207-10
[PubMed:11583849]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
K Xu, M A Strauch
DNA-binding activity of amino-terminal domains of the Bacillus subtilis AbrB protein.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(13);4094-8
[PubMed:11395475]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
M C Gustafsson, C von Wachenfeldt
A novel diffusible substance can overcome the apparent AbrB repression of the Bacillus subtilis fatR promoter.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2001, 199(2);197-202
[PubMed:11377867]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
J L Vaughn, V Feher, S Naylor, M A Strauch, J Cavanagh
Novel DNA binding domain and genetic regulation model of Bacillus subtilis transition state regulator abrB.
Nat Struct Biol: 2000, 7(12);1139-46
[PubMed:11101897]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
J Hahn, A Luttinger, D Dubnau
Regulatory inputs for the synthesis of ComK, the competence transcription factor of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1996, 21(4);763-75
[PubMed:8878039]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
K Xu, D Clark, M A Strauch
Analysis of abrB mutations, mutant proteins, and why abrB does not utilize a perfect consensus in the -35 region of its sigma A promoter.
J Biol Chem: 1996, 271(5);2621-6
[PubMed:8576231]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
K Xu, M A Strauch
In vitro selection of optimal AbrB-binding sites: comparison to known in vivo sites indicates flexibility in AbrB binding and recognition of three-dimensional DNA structures.
Mol Microbiol: 1996, 19(1);145-58
[PubMed:8821944]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
M A Strauch
AbrB modulates expression and catabolite repression of a Bacillus subtilis ribose transport operon.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(23);6727-31
[PubMed:7592460]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
J Hahn, M Roggiani, D Dubnau
The major role of Spo0A in genetic competence is to downregulate abrB, an essential competence gene.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(12);3601-5
[PubMed:7768874]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
R Fürbass, M A Marahiel
Mutant analysis of interaction of the Bacillus subtilis transcription regulator AbrB with the antibiotic biosynthesis gene tycA.
FEBS Lett: 1991, 287(1-2);153-6
[PubMed:1908787]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
F J Slack, J P Mueller, M A Strauch, C Mathiopoulos, A L Sonenshein
Transcriptional regulation of a Bacillus subtilis dipeptide transport operon.
Mol Microbiol: 1991, 5(8);1915-25
[PubMed:1766371]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
R Fürbass, M Gocht, P Zuber, M A Marahiel
Interaction of AbrB, a transcriptional regulator from Bacillus subtilis with the promoters of the transition state-activated genes tycA and spoVG.
Mol Gen Genet: 1991, 225(3);347-54
[PubMed:1850083]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
M Strauch, V Webb, G Spiegelman, J A Hoch
The SpoOA protein of Bacillus subtilis is a repressor of the abrB gene.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1990, 87(5);1801-5
[PubMed:2106683]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
J B Robertson, M Gocht, M A Marahiel, P Zuber
AbrB, a regulator of gene expression in Bacillus, interacts with the transcription initiation regions of a sporulation gene and an antibiotic biosynthesis gene.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1989, 86(21);8457-61
[PubMed:2554317]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
M A Strauch, M Perego, D Burbulys, J A Hoch
The transition state transcription regulator AbrB of Bacillus subtilis is autoregulated during vegetative growth.
Mol Microbiol: 1989, 3(9);1203-9
[PubMed:2507867]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
M A Strauch, G B Spiegelman, M Perego, W C Johnson, D Burbulys, J A Hoch
The transition state transcription regulator abrB of Bacillus subtilis is a DNA binding protein.
EMBO J: 1989, 8(5);1615-21
[PubMed:2504584]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
M Perego, G B Spiegelman, J A Hoch
Structure of the gene for the transition state regulator, abrB: regulator synthesis is controlled by the spo0A sporulation gene in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1988, 2(6);689-99
[PubMed:3145384]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
P Zuber, R Losick
Role of AbrB in Spo0A- and Spo0B-dependent utilization of a sporulation promoter in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1987, 169(5);2223-30
[PubMed:2437099]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)