SigH

• Description: RNA polymerase sigma factor SigH
  
  

Gene name	sigH
Synonyms	spo0H
Essential	no
Product	RNA polymerase sigma factor SigH
Function	transcription of early stationary phase genes (sporulation, competence)
MW, pI	25 kDa, 5.146
Gene length, protein length	654 bp, 218 aa
Immediate neighbours	yacP, rpmGB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00980

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

transcription, sigma factors and their control

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: sigma-70 factor family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Genes controlled by SigH

spoIIAA-spoIIAB-sigF, spoVG, rapI-phrI

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: (RpoB-RpoC)-SigH

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P17869

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sigH (DBTBS)

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Charles Moran, Emory University, NC, USA homepage

References

Reviews

Michiel J L de Hoon, Patrick Eichenberger, Dennis Vitkup
Hierarchical evolution of the bacterial sporulation network.
Curr Biol: 2010, 20(17);R735-45
[PubMed:20833318] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)