RpoC

• Description: RNA polymerase beta' subunit
  
  

Gene name	rpoC
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	RNA polymerase beta' subunit
Function	transcription
MW, pI	133 kDa, 8.863
Gene length, protein length	3597 bp, 1199 aa
Immediate neighbours	rpoB, ybxF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU01080

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Nucleoside triphosphate + RNA(n) = diphosphate + RNA(n+1) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: RNA polymerase beta' chain family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • RpoA-RpoB-RpoC PubMed
  • SigA-(RpoB-RpoC) PubMed, SigB-(RpoB-RpoC)
  • SigD-(RpoB-RpoC), SigE-(RpoB-RpoC)
  • SigF-(RpoB-RpoC), SigG-(RpoB-RpoC)
  • SigH-(RpoB-RpoC), SigI-(RpoB-RpoC)
  • SigK-(RpoB-RpoC), SigL-(RpoB-RpoC)
  • SigM-(RpoB-RpoC), SigV-(RpoB-RpoC)
  • SigW-(RpoB-RpoC), SigX-(RpoB-RpoC)
  • SigY-(RpoB-RpoC), SigZ-(RpoB-RpoC)
  • Xpf-(RpoB-RpoC), YlaC-(RpoB-RpoC)
  • YvrHa-RpoC PubMed

• Localization: membrane associated PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37871

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.7.6

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Shu Ishikawa, Taku Oshima, Ken Kurokawa, Yoko Kusuya, Naotake Ogasawara
RNA polymerase trafficking in Bacillus subtilis cells.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(21);5778-87
[PubMed:20817769] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Elecia B Johnston, Peter J Lewis, Renate Griffith
The interaction of Bacillus subtilis sigmaA with RNA polymerase.
Protein Sci: 2009, 18(11);2287-97
[PubMed:19735077] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Xiao Yang, Seeseei Molimau, Geoff P Doherty, Elecia B Johnston, Jon Marles-Wright, Rosalba Rothnagel, Ben Hankamer, Richard J Lewis, Peter J Lewis
The structure of bacterial RNA polymerase in complex with the essential transcription elongation factor NusA.
EMBO Rep: 2009, 10(9);997-1002
[PubMed:19680289] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hannes Hahne, Susanne Wolff, Michael Hecker, Dörte Becher
From complementarity to comprehensiveness--targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches.
Proteomics: 2008, 8(19);4123-36
[PubMed:18763711] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Claudia Rollenhagen, Haike Antelmann, Janine Kirstein, Olivier Delumeau, Michael Hecker, Michael D Yudkin
Binding of sigma(A) and sigma(B) to core RNA polymerase after environmental stress in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(1);35-40
[PubMed:12486038] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P J Lewis, S D Thaker, J Errington
Compartmentalization of transcription and translation in Bacillus subtilis.
EMBO J: 2000, 19(4);710-8
[PubMed:10675340] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

X Yang, C W Price
Streptolydigin resistance can be conferred by alterations to either the beta or beta' subunits of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase.
J Biol Chem: 1995, 270(41);23930-3
[PubMed:7592585] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K J Boor, M L Duncan, C W Price
Genetic and transcriptional organization of the region encoding the beta subunit of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase.
J Biol Chem: 1995, 270(35);20329-36
[PubMed:7657605] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)