CotF

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	cotF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	resistance of the spore
MW, pI	18 kDa, 7.374
Gene length, protein length	480 bp, 160 aa
Immediate neighbours	yybS, yybR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU40530

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: cotF 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: spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P23261

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

S Cutting, L B Zheng, R Losick
Gene encoding two alkali-soluble components of the spore coat from Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1991, 173(9);2915-9
[PubMed:1708381] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)