Spo0A

• Description: two-component response regulator, initiation of sporulation
  
  

Gene name	spo0A
Synonyms	spo0C, spo0G, spoIIL, sof-1
Essential	no
Product	two-component response regulator
Function	initiation of sporulation
MW, pI	29 kDa, 5.989
Gene length, protein length	801 bp, 267 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqiG, spoIVB
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

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Genes controlled by Spo0A

• Activation by Spo0A: spoIIAA-spoIIAB-sigF, spoIIE, spoIIGA-sigE-sigG

• Repression by Spo0A: abrB, kinA, kinC, spo0A, metS

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: receives phosphorylation from Spo0B, dephosphorylation by Spo0E

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: Spo0A-Spo0E, Spo0A-SigA

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• 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:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Tony Wilkinson, York University, U.K. homepage

Imrich Barak, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia homepage

References

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