MotA

• Description: H+-coupled MotA-MotB flagellar stator
  
  

Gene name	motA
Synonyms	mot
Essential	no
Product	motility protein (flagellar motor rotation)
Function	motility and chemotaxis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: motA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: MotA
MW, pI	29 kDa, 5.01
Gene length, protein length	810 bp, 270 aa
Immediate neighbours	motB, clpE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

motility and chemotaxis, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13690

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

• A mutation was found in this gene after evolution under relaxed selection for sporulation PubMed

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: motA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:
  • the interaction with YpfA inhibits MotA activity PubMed
• Interactions:
  • MotA-MotB
  • YpfA-MotA PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P28611

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: motA-motB PubMed

• Expression browser: motA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigD PubMed
• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • 1A631 ( motA::erm), PubMed, available at BGSC
  • 1A923 ( motA::erm), PubMed, available at BGSC

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Christopher T Brown, Laura K Fishwick, Binna M Chokshi, Marissa A Cuff, Jay M Jackson, Travis Oglesby, Alison T Rioux, Enrique Rodriguez, Gregory S Stupp, Austin H Trupp, James S Woollcombe-Clarke, Tracy N Wright, William J Zaragoza, Jennifer C Drew, Eric W Triplett, Wayne L Nicholson
Whole-genome sequencing and phenotypic analysis of Bacillus subtilis mutants following evolution under conditions of relaxed selection for sporulation.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2011, 77(19);6867-77
[PubMed:21821766] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

M Z Gilman, M J Chamberlin
Developmental and genetic regulation of Bacillus subtilis genes transcribed by sigma 28-RNA polymerase.
Cell: 1983, 35(1);285-93
[PubMed:6313226] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)