CsfB
| Gene name | csfB |
| Synonyms | yaaM |
| Essential | no |
| Product | inhibitor of SigG and SigE |
| Function | control of SigG and SigE activity |
| MW, pI | 7 kDa, 7.671 |
| Gene length, protein length | 192 bp, 64 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | rrnA-5S, xpaC |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU00240
Phenotypes of a mutant
premature activation of SigG PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Protein family:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization: forespore
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: P37534
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon: csfB
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Vasant K Chary, Panagiotis Xenopoulos, Avigdor Eldar, Patrick J Piggot
Loss of compartmentalization of σ(E) activity need not prevent formation of spores by Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(21);5616-24
[PubMed:20802044]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Vasant K Chary, Panagiotis Xenopoulos, Patrick J Piggot
Expression of the sigmaF-directed csfB locus prevents premature appearance of sigmaG activity during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(23);8754-7
[PubMed:17921305]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Stephanie T Wang, Barbara Setlow, Erin M Conlon, Jessica L Lyon, Daisuke Imamura, Tsutomu Sato, Peter Setlow, Richard Losick, Patrick Eichenberger
The forespore line of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2006, 358(1);16-37
[PubMed:16497325]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
