CtsR

• Description: transcription repressor of class III heat shock genes (clpC operon, clpE, clpP)
  
  

Gene name	ctsR
Synonyms	yacG
Essential	no
Product	transcription repressor
Function	regulation of protein degradation
MW, pI	17 kDa, 9.261
Gene length, protein length	462 bp, 154 aa
Immediate neighbours	rrnW-5S, mcsA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

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:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: probably activated by dephosphorylation by McsA and inactivated by phosphorylation by McsB PubMed, regulated proteolysis by ClpP/ClpC PubMed, PubMed, PubMed

• Interactions: McsA-MscB-CtsR

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation: induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Petersohn et al. (2001) Global Analysis of the General Stress Response of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 183: 5617-5631 PubMed
2. Krüger E, Hecker M. (1998) The first gene of the Bacillus subtilis clpC operon, ctsR, encodes a negative regulator of its own operon and other class III heat shock genes. J Bacteriol. 180(24): 6681-8.. PubMed