SsbA

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  • Description: single-strand DNA-binding protein, part of the replisome

Gene name ssbA
Synonyms ssb
Essential yes PubMed
Product single-strand DNA-binding protein
Function DNA replication, recombination, repair
MW, pI 18 kDa, 4.822
Gene length, protein length 516 bp, 172 aa
Immediate neighbours rpsR, rpsF
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
Ssb context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA replication, DNA repair/ recombination, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComK regulon, stringent response

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU40900

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s): SsbB

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification: phosphorylated on Tyr-82 by PtkA, dephosphorylated by PtpZ PubMed
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity: Phosphorylation of Ssb increases binding to single-stranded DNA in vitro almost 200-fold PubMed
  • Localization: Nucleoid (Mid-cell) PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation:
    • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
    • ComK: transcription activation PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Candela Manfredi, Yuki Suzuki, Tribhuwan Yadav, Kunio Takeyasu, Juan C Alonso
RecO-mediated DNA homology search and annealing is facilitated by SsbA.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2010, 38(20);6920-9
[PubMed:20581116] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Glenn M Sanders, H Garry Dallmann, Charles S McHenry
Reconstitution of the B. subtilis replisome with 13 proteins including two distinct replicases.
Mol Cell: 2010, 37(2);273-81
[PubMed:20122408] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Dawit Kidane, Begoña Carrasco, Candela Manfredi, Katharina Rothmaier, Silvia Ayora, Serkalem Tadesse, Juan C Alonso, Peter L Graumann
Evidence for different pathways during horizontal gene transfer in competent Bacillus subtilis cells.
PLoS Genet: 2009, 5(9);e1000630
[PubMed:19730681] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

François Lecointe, Céline Sérèna, Marion Velten, Audrey Costes, Stephen McGovern, Jean-Christophe Meile, Jeffrey Errington, S Dusko Ehrlich, Philippe Noirot, Patrice Polard
Anticipating chromosomal replication fork arrest: SSB targets repair DNA helicases to active forks.
EMBO J: 2007, 26(19);4239-51
[PubMed:17853894] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ivan Mijakovic, Dina Petranovic, Boris Macek, Tina Cepo, Matthias Mann, Julian Davies, Peter R Jensen, Dusica Vujaklija
Bacterial single-stranded DNA-binding proteins are phosphorylated on tyrosine.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2006, 34(5);1588-96
[PubMed:16549871] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Jean-Christophe Meile, Ling Juan Wu, S Dusko Ehrlich, Jeff Errington, Philippe Noirot
Systematic localisation of proteins fused to the green fluorescent protein in Bacillus subtilis: identification of new proteins at the DNA replication factory.
Proteomics: 2006, 6(7);2135-46
[PubMed:16479537] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Cordula Lindner, Reindert Nijland, Mariska van Hartskamp, Sierd Bron, Leendert W Hamoen, Oscar P Kuipers
Differential expression of two paralogous genes of Bacillus subtilis encoding single-stranded DNA binding protein.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(4);1097-105
[PubMed:14762004] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Christine Eymann, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Michael Hecker
Bacillus subtilis functional genomics: global characterization of the stringent response by proteome and transcriptome analysis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(9);2500-20
[PubMed:11948165] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mitsuo Ogura, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara, Yasutaro Fujita, Teruo Tanaka
Whole-genome analysis of genes regulated by the Bacillus subtilis competence transcription factor ComK.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(9);2344-51
[PubMed:11948146] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Additional publications: PubMed