ComQ

• Description: transcriptional regulator of late competence operon (comG) and surfactin expression (srfA)
  
  

Gene name	comQ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional regulator
Function	regulation of quorum sensing
MW, pI	34 kDa, 4.893
Gene length, protein length	897 bp, 299 aa
Immediate neighbours	comX, degQ
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P33690

• KEGG entry: BSU31710

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Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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References

Polonca Stefanic, Ines Mandic-Mulec
Social interactions and distribution of Bacillus subtilis pherotypes at microscale.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(6);1756-64
[PubMed:19114482] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Y Weinrauch, T Msadek, F Kunst, D Dubnau
Sequence and properties of comQ, a new competence regulatory gene of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1991, 173(18);5685-93
[PubMed:1715859] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed