CotR

• Description: spore protein, lipolytic enzyme
  
  

Gene name	cotR
Synonyms	yvdO
Essential	no
Product	spore lipolytic enzyme
Function	hydrolysis of lysophospholipids
MW, pI	35 kDa, 10.2
Gene length, protein length	960 bp, 320 aa
Immediate neighbours	cotQ, trnQ-Arg
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of lipids, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34530

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: release of myristic acid from 1-myristoly-2-lyso-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O06996

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: cotR PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Shiro Kato, Tohru Yoshimura, Hisashi Hemmi, Ryuichi Moriyama
Biochemical analysis of a novel lipolytic enzyme YvdO from Bacillus subtilis 168.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2010, 74(4);701-6
[PubMed:20378985] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Leif Steil, Mónica Serrano, Adriano O Henriques, Uwe Völker
Genome-wide analysis of temporally regulated and compartment-specific gene expression in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2005, 151(Pt 2);399-420
[PubMed:15699190] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Little, A Driks
Functional analysis of the Bacillus subtilis morphogenetic spore coat protein CotE.
Mol Microbiol: 2001, 42(4);1107-20
[PubMed:11737650] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)