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  • Description: lipoprotein, positive regulator of comK, stimulates KinD-dependent phosphorylation of Spo0A

Gene name med
Synonyms yjaW
Essential no
Product positive regulator of comK
Function regulation of competence
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: med
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Protein secretion
MW, pI 35 kDa, 4.599
Gene length, protein length 951 bp, 317 aa
Immediate neighbours yjaV, comZ
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

genetic competence

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU11300

Phenotypes of a mutant

  • impaired biofilm formation PubMed


Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: BMP lipoprotein family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • 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

Additonal publications: PubMed

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mitsuo Ogura, Hitoshi Hashimoto, Teruo Tanaka
Med, a cell-surface localized protein regulating a competence transcription factor gene, comK, in Bacillus subtilis.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2002, 66(4);892-6
[PubMed:12036071] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Ogura, Y Ohshiro, S Hirao, T Tanaka
A new Bacillus subtilis gene, med, encodes a positive regulator of comK.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(20);6244-53
[PubMed:9335269] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)