CoxA

• Description: spore cortex protein
  
  

Gene name	coxA
Synonyms	yrbB
Essential	no
Product	spore cortex protein
Function	resistance of the spore
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: coxA
MW, pI	19 kDa, 9.224
Gene length, protein length	516 bp, 172 aa
Immediate neighbours	yrbC, safA
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU27830

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Modification:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P94446

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: safA-coxA PubMed

• Expression browser: coxA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

H Takamatsu, T Kodama, T Nakayama, K Watabe
Characterization of the yrbA gene of Bacillus subtilis, involved in resistance and germination of spores.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(16);4986-94
[PubMed:10438771] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)