RacA

• Description: cell division protein: attaches the chromosome to the cell pole at the onset of sporulation
  
  

Gene name	racA
Synonyms	ywkC
Essential	no
Product	cell division protein
Function	cell division
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: racA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RacA
MW, pI	20 kDa, 9.514
Gene length, protein length	552 bp, 184 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywkD, ywkB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell division

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigH regulon, Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37030

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: racA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • RacA is a member of a suspected group of hubs proteins that were suggested to be involved in a large number of interactions PubMed
  • RacA-DisA
  • RacA-DivIVA PubMed, RacA binds to the C-terminal domain of DivIVA PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P45870

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: racA (according to DBTBS)

• Expression browser: racA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigH PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Suey van Baarle, Ilkay Nazli Celik, Karan Gautam Kaval, Marc Bramkamp, Leendert W Hamoen, Sven Halbedel
Protein-protein interaction domains of Bacillus subtilis DivIVA.
J Bacteriol: 2013, 195(5);1012-21
[PubMed:23264578] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Elodie Marchadier, Rut Carballido-López, Sophie Brinster, Céline Fabret, Peggy Mervelet, Philippe Bessières, Marie-Françoise Noirot-Gros, Vincent Fromion, Philippe Noirot
An expanded protein-protein interaction network in Bacillus subtilis reveals a group of hubs: Exploration by an integrative approach.
Proteomics: 2011, 11(15);2981-91
[PubMed:21630458] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Rok Lenarcic, Sven Halbedel, Loek Visser, Michael Shaw, Ling Juan Wu, Jeff Errington, Davide Marenduzzo, Leendert W Hamoen
Localisation of DivIVA by targeting to negatively curved membranes.
EMBO J: 2009, 28(15);2272-82
[PubMed:19478798] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Sigal Ben-Yehuda, Masya Fujita, Xiaole Shirley Liu, Boris Gorbatyuk, Dunja Skoko, Jie Yan, John F Marko, Jun S Liu, Patrick Eichenberger, David Z Rudner, Richard Losick
Defining a centromere-like element in Bacillus subtilis by Identifying the binding sites for the chromosome-anchoring protein RacA.
Mol Cell: 2005, 17(6);773-82
[PubMed:15780934] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Masaya Fujita, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Richard Losick
High- and low-threshold genes in the Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(4);1357-68
[PubMed:15687200] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ling Juan Wu, Jeff Errington
RacA and the Soj-Spo0J system combine to effect polar chromosome segregation in sporulating Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(6);1463-75
[PubMed:12950914] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Sigal Ben-Yehuda, David Z Rudner, Richard Losick
RacA, a bacterial protein that anchors chromosomes to the cell poles.
Science: 2003, 299(5606);532-6
[PubMed:12493822] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)