TlpC

Gene name	tlpC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein
Function	control of chemotaxis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: tlpC
MW, pI	61 kDa, 4.929
Gene length, protein length	1719 bp, 573 aa
Immediate neighbours	nucA, hxlB
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

motility and chemotaxis, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03440

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39209

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: tlpC PubMed

• Expression browser: tlpC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigD PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • in minimal medium,TlpC is present with 5,400 +/- 1700 molecules per cell PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Vincent J Cannistraro, George D Glekas, Christopher V Rao, George W Ordal
Cellular stoichiometry of the chemotaxis proteins in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(13);3220-7
[PubMed:21515776] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

D van Sinderen, R Kiewiet, G Venema
Differential expression of two closely related deoxyribonuclease genes, nucA and nucB, in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1995, 15(2);213-23
[PubMed:7746143] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D W Hanlon, M M Rosario, G W Ordal, G Venema, D Van Sinderen
Identification of TlpC, a novel 62 kDa MCP-like protein from Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1994, 140 ( Pt 8);1847-54
[PubMed:7921238] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)