RacA

• Description: cell division protein: attaches the chromosome to the cell pole at the onset of sporulation
  
  

Gene name	racA
Synonyms	ywkC
Essential	no
Product	cell division protein
Function	cell division
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: racA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RacA
MW, pI	20 kDa, 9.514
Gene length, protein length	552 bp, 184 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywkD, ywkB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell division

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigH regulon, Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37030

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: racA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • RacA is a member of a suspected group of hubs proteins that were suggested to be involved in a large number of interactions PubMed
  • RacA-DisA
  • RacA-DivIVA PubMed, RacA binds to the C-terminal domain of DivIVA PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P45870

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: racA (according to DBTBS)

• Expression browser: racA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigH PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: