FtsX

• Description: ABC transporter (membrane protein) (FtsE-FtsX), required for proper activation of Spo0A and initiation of sporulation
  
  

Gene name	ftsX
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ABC transporter (membrane protein)
Function	initiation of sporulation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ftsX
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: FtsX
MW, pI	32 kDa, 10.016
Gene length, protein length	888 bp, 296 aa
Immediate neighbours	ctpB, ftsE
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, phosphorelay, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35250

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: FtsX subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • FtsE-FtsX PubMed
  • FloT-FtsX PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), membrane associated PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34876

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ftsE-ftsX (according to DBTBS)

• Expression browser: ftsX PubMed

• Sigma factor:

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

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Juri Niño Bach, Marc Bramkamp
Flotillins functionally organize the bacterial membrane.
Mol Microbiol: 2013, 88(6);1205-17
[PubMed:23651456] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hannes Hahne, Susanne Wolff, Michael Hecker, Dörte Becher
From complementarity to comprehensiveness--targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches.
Proteomics: 2008, 8(19);4123-36
[PubMed:18763711] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Sharon Garti-Levi, Ronen Hazan, James Kain, Masaya Fujita, Sigal Ben-Yehuda
The FtsEX ABC transporter directs cellular differentiation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 69(4);1018-28
[PubMed:18573177] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)