Difference between revisions of "EpsC"

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=== Basic information ===
 
=== Basic information ===
  
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* '''Locus tag:''' BSU34350
  
 
===Phenotypes of a mutant ===
 
===Phenotypes of a mutant ===
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* '''Swiss prot entry:''' [http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P71052 P71052]
 
* '''Swiss prot entry:''' [http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P71052 P71052]
  
* '''KEGG entry:''' [http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?bsu+BSU34350 BSU34350]
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* '''KEGG entry:''' [http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?bsu+BSU34350]
  
 
* '''E.C. number:'''
 
* '''E.C. number:'''

Revision as of 09:25, 3 June 2009

  • Description: extracellular polysaccharide synthesis

Gene name epsC
Synonyms yveM
Essential no
Product unknown
Function extracellular polysaccharide synthesis
MW, pI 66 kDa, 8.775
Gene length, protein length 1794 bp, 598 aa
Immediate neighbours epsD, epsB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YveM context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU34350

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: polysaccharide synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism: SinR: transcription repression PubMed
  • Additional information: induction by sequestration of SinR by SinI PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Yunrong Chai, Frances Chu, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
Bistability and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 67(2);254-63
[PubMed:18047568] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Frances Chu, Daniel B Kearns, Steven S Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
Targets of the master regulator of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 59(4);1216-28
[PubMed:16430695] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Daniel B Kearns, Frances Chu, Steven S Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 55(3);739-49
[PubMed:15661000] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)


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