RemB

• Description: involved in the activation of biofilm matrix biosynthetic operons, acts in parallel to SinR, AbrB, and DegU
  
  

Gene name	remB
Synonyms	yaaB
Essential	no
Product	regulator of the extracellular matrix
Function	regulation of biofilm formation
MW, pI	5 kDa, 8.796
Gene length, protein length	156 bp, 52 aa
Immediate neighbours	recF, gyrB
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

• Operon: yaaA-recF-yaaB-gyrB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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References

1. Ogasawara et al. (1985) Structure and function of the region of the replication origin of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. IV. Transcription of the oriC region and expression of DNA gyrase genes and other open reading frames.Nucl. Acids Res. 11: 2267-2279. PubMed