Veg

• Description: negative effector of SinR activity
  
  

Gene name	veg
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	negative effector of SinR activity
Function	control of biofilm formation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: veg
MW, pI	9 kDa, 4.814
Gene length, protein length	258 bp, 86 aa
Immediate neighbours	yabG, sspF
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biofilm formation

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00440

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • overexpression of veg induces expression of the tapA-sipW-tasA operon PubMed
  • Veg may inhibit the SlrR-SinR interaction PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37466

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: veg PubMed

• Expression browser: veg PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: constitutively expressed PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Ying Lei, Taku Oshima, Naotake Ogasawara, Shu Ishikawa
Functional analysis of the protein Veg, which stimulates biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2013, 195(8);1697-705
[PubMed:23378512] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Tatsuya Fukushima, Shu Ishikawa, Hiroki Yamamoto, Naotake Ogasawara, Junichi Sekiguchi
Transcriptional, functional and cytochemical analyses of the veg gene in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biochem: 2003, 133(4);475-83
[PubMed:12761295] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)