CsfB

• Description: forespore-specific protein, inhibitor of SigG and of SigE
  
  

Gene name	gin
Synonyms	csfB, yaaM
Essential	no
Product	inhibitor of SigG and SigE
Function	control of SigG and SigE activity
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gin
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: Gin
MW, pI	7 kDa, 7.671
Gene length, protein length	192 bp, 64 aa
Immediate neighbours	rrnA-5S, xpaC
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

sigma factors and their control, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigF regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00240

Phenotypes of a mutant

premature activation of SigG PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU00240

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: inhibitor of SigG PubMed1 PubMed2

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • Gin-SigG PubMed

• Localization: forespore

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU00240

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37534

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gin

• Expression browser: gin PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigF PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Lamya Rhayat, Sandra Duperrier, Rut Carballido-López, Olivier Pellegrini, Patrick Stragier
Genetic dissection of an inhibitor of the sporulation sigma factor sigma(G).
J Mol Biol: 2009, 390(5);835-44
[PubMed:19497328] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Céline Karmazyn-Campelli, Lamya Rhayat, Rut Carballido-López, Sandra Duperrier, Niels Frandsen, Patrick Stragier
How the early sporulation sigma factor sigmaF delays the switch to late development in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 67(5);1169-80
[PubMed:18208527] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Vasant K Chary, Panagiotis Xenopoulos, Patrick J Piggot
Expression of the sigmaF-directed csfB locus prevents premature appearance of sigmaG activity during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(23);8754-7
[PubMed:17921305] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Stephanie T Wang, Barbara Setlow, Erin M Conlon, Jessica L Lyon, Daisuke Imamura, Tsutomu Sato, Peter Setlow, Richard Losick, Patrick Eichenberger
The forespore line of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2006, 358(1);16-37
[PubMed:16497325] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Decatur, R Losick
Identification of additional genes under the control of the transcription factor sigma F of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(16);5039-41
[PubMed:8759874] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C D Webb, A Decatur, A Teleman, R Losick
Use of green fluorescent protein for visualization of cell-specific gene expression and subcellular protein localization during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(20);5906-11
[PubMed:7592342] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)