RapK

• Description: response regulator aspartate phosphatase, controls ComA activity
  
  

Gene name	rapK
Synonyms	yobG
Essential	no
Product	response regulator aspartate phosphatase
Function	control of ComA activity
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RapK
MW, pI	43 kDa, 5.06
Gene length, protein length	1113 bp, 371 aa
Immediate neighbours	yozJ, phrK
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

genetic competence, protein modification, transcription factors and their control, quorum sensing

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, SigH regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU18910

Expression

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: control of ComA activity PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: binding of PhrK inhibits RapK activity PubMed

• Interactions:
  • RapK-PhrK PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34930

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rapK-phrK PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigH PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed