CotC

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  • Description: spore coat protein (outer)

Gene name cotC
Synonyms
Essential no
Product spore coat protein (outer)
Function resistance of the spore
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cotC
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: CotC
MW, pI 14 kDa, 9.558
Gene length, protein length 354 bp, 118 aa
Immediate neighbours ynzK, tatAC
Sequences Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context
CotC context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

GerE regulon, SigK regulon, SpoIIID regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU17700

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

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:
  • Localization:
    • outer spore coat, more abundant at the mother cell-distal pole of the forespore PubMed
    • the CotC-CotU complex assembles around the forming spore PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon: cotC (according to DBTBS)
  • 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

Rachele Isticato, Assunta Pelosi, Maurilio De Felice, Ezio Ricca
CotE binds to CotC and CotU and mediates their interaction during spore coat formation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(4);949-54
[PubMed:20023017] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Daisuke Imamura, Ritsuko Kuwana, Hiromu Takamatsu, Kazuhito Watabe
Localization of proteins to different layers and regions of Bacillus subtilis spore coats.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(2);518-24
[PubMed:19933362] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Rachele Isticato, Assunta Pelosi, Rita Zilhão, Loredana Baccigalupi, Adriano O Henriques, Maurilio De Felice, Ezio Ricca
CotC-CotU heterodimerization during assembly of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(4);1267-75
[PubMed:18065538] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Loredana Baccigalupi, Gaetano Castaldo, Giuseppina Cangiano, Rachele Isticato, Rosangela Marasco, Maurilio De Felice, Ezio Ricca
GerE-independent expression of cotH leads to CotC accumulation in the mother cell compartment during Bacillus subtilis sporulation.
Microbiology (Reading): 2004, 150(Pt 10);3441-9
[PubMed:15470121] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dinene L Crater, Kathryn H Wade, Orna Resnekov, H Travis Ichikawa, Lee Kroos, James A Brannigan, Charles P Moran
A mutation in GerE that affects cotC promoter activation in Bacillus subtilis.
Biochim Biophys Acta: 2002, 1576(1-2);30-8
[PubMed:12031481] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Ichikawa, L Kroos
Combined action of two transcription factors regulates genes encoding spore coat proteins of Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2000, 275(18);13849-55
[PubMed:10788508] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Zheng, R Halberg, S Roels, H Ichikawa, L Kroos, R Losick
Sporulation regulatory protein GerE from Bacillus subtilis binds to and can activate or repress transcription from promoters for mother-cell-specific genes.
J Mol Biol: 1992, 226(4);1037-50
[PubMed:1518043] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L B Zheng, R Losick
Cascade regulation of spore coat gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1990, 212(4);645-60
[PubMed:1691789] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

W Donovan, L B Zheng, K Sandman, R Losick
Genes encoding spore coat polypeptides from Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1987, 196(1);1-10
[PubMed:2821284] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Application of CotZ for protein surface display

Additional publications: PubMed

Rachele Isticato, Donatella Scotto Di Mase, Emilia M F Mauriello, Maurilio De Felice, Ezio Ricca
Amino terminal fusion of heterologous proteins to CotC increases display efficiencies in the Bacillus subtilis spore system.
Biotechniques: 2007, 42(2);151-2, 154, 156
[PubMed:17373477] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)