RemB

• Description: involved in the activation of biofilm matrix biosynthetic operons, acts in parallel to SinR, AbrB, and DegU
  
  

Gene name	remB
Synonyms	yaaB
Essential	no
Product	regulator of the extracellular matrix
Function	regulation of biofilm formation
MW, pI	5 kDa, 8.796
Gene length, protein length	156 bp, 52 aa
Immediate neighbours	recF, gyrB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

biofilm formation

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00050

Phenotypes of a mutant

• • smooth colonies on MsGG medium, no biofilm formation PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37525

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yaaA-recF-remB-gyrB PubMed

• Expression browser: remB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Daniel Kearns, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, homepage