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* '''Interactions:''' ([[MinC]]-[[MinD]])-[[MinJ]]-[[DivIVA]] {{PubMed|20352045}} | * '''Interactions:''' ([[MinC]]-[[MinD]])-[[MinJ]]-[[DivIVA]] {{PubMed|20352045}} | ||
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=== Database entries === | === Database entries === | ||
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[[Daniel Kearns]], Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, [http://www.bio.indiana.edu/facultyresearch/faculty/Kearns.html homepage] | [[Daniel Kearns]], Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, [http://www.bio.indiana.edu/facultyresearch/faculty/Kearns.html homepage] | ||
| + | [[Marc Bramkamp]], University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany [http://www.kraemerlab.uni-koeln.de/celldivision.php homepage] | ||
=Your additional remarks= | =Your additional remarks= | ||
Revision as of 12:24, 21 July 2010
- Description: topological determinant of cell division
| Gene name | minJ |
| Synonyms | yvjD, swrAB |
| Essential | no |
| Product | topological determinant of cell division |
| Function | cell division site selection |
| MW, pI | 43 kDa, 9.057 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1191 bp, 397 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | yvkA, swrAA |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU35220
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: The Min system prevents minicell formation adjacent to recently completed division sites by promoting the disassembly of the cytokinetic ring, thereby ensuring that cell division occurs only once per cell cycle PubMed
- Protein family:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: O34375
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
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
Daniel Kearns, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, homepage
Marc Bramkamp, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany homepage
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Marc Bramkamp, Suey van Baarle
Division site selection in rod-shaped bacteria.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2009, 12(6);683-8
[PubMed:19884039]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Original Publications
Suey van Baarle, Marc Bramkamp
The MinCDJ system in Bacillus subtilis prevents minicell formation by promoting divisome disassembly.
PLoS One: 2010, 5(3);e9850
[PubMed:20352045]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I e)
Marc Bramkamp, Robyn Emmins, Louise Weston, Catriona Donovan, Richard A Daniel, Jeff Errington
A novel component of the division-site selection system of Bacillus subtilis and a new mode of action for the division inhibitor MinCD.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 70(6);1556-69
[PubMed:19019154]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Joyce E Patrick, Daniel B Kearns
MinJ (YvjD) is a topological determinant of cell division in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 70(5);1166-79
[PubMed:18976281]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Cinzia Calvio, Francesco Celandroni, Emilia Ghelardi, Giuseppe Amati, Sara Salvetti, Fabrizio Ceciliani, Alessandro Galizzi, Sonia Senesi
Swarming differentiation and swimming motility in Bacillus subtilis are controlled by swrA, a newly identified dicistronic operon.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(15);5356-66
[PubMed:16030230]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
