ComA
- Description: two-component system response regulator, controls gene expression in response to cell density (concentration of ComX)
Gene name | comA |
Synonyms | srfB, comAA |
Essential | no |
Product | two-component system response regulator |
Function | regulation of genetic competence and quorum sensing |
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: comA | |
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: ComA | |
MW, pI | 23 kDa, 4.759 |
Gene length, protein length | 642 bp, 214 aa |
Immediate neighbours | yuxO, comP |
Sequences | Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks |
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
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Expression at a glance PubMed |
Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
genetic competence, transcription factors and their control, quorum sensing, phosphoproteins
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The ComA regulon
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU31680
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- BsubCyc: BSU31680
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: ComA family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Modification: phosphorylated by ComP on an Asp residue
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- BsubCyc: BSU31680
- Structure:
- UniProt: P14204
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number: 4.4.1.19
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- 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
Reviews
Daniel López, Roberto Kolter
Extracellular signals that define distinct and coexisting cell fates in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Rev: 2010, 34(2);134-49
[PubMed:20030732]
[WorldCat.org]
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Leendert W Hamoen, Gerard Venema, Oscar P Kuipers
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[PubMed:12576575]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Original Publications
Iztok Dogsa, Kumari Sonal Choudhary, Ziva Marsetic, Sanjarbek Hudaiberdiev, Roberto Vera, Sándor Pongor, Ines Mandic-Mulec
ComQXPA quorum sensing systems may not be unique to Bacillus subtilis: a census in prokaryotic genomes.
PLoS One: 2014, 9(5);e96122
[PubMed:24788106]
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Anna Oslizlo, Polonca Stefanic, Iztok Dogsa, Ines Mandic-Mulec
Private link between signal and response in Bacillus subtilis quorum sensing.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2014, 111(4);1586-91
[PubMed:24425772]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Xidan Deng, Yunxia Tian, Qiuhong Niu, Xiao'e Xu, Hui Shi, Hanbo Zhang, Lianming Liang, Keqin Zhang, Xiaowei Huang
The ComP-ComA quorum system is essential for "Trojan horse" like pathogenesis in Bacillus nematocida.
PLoS One: 2013, 8(10);e76920
[PubMed:24130811]
[WorldCat.org]
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(I e)
Melinda D Baker, Matthew B Neiditch
Structural basis of response regulator inhibition by a bacterial anti-activator protein.
PLoS Biol: 2011, 9(12);e1001226
[PubMed:22215984]
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(I p)
Carey A Hobbs, Benjamin G Bobay, Richele J Thompson, Marta Perego, John Cavanagh
NMR solution structure and DNA-binding model of the DNA-binding domain of competence protein A.
J Mol Biol: 2010, 398(2);248-63
[PubMed:20302877]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Xiaoyu Wang, Chuping Luo, Youzhou Liu, Yafeng Nie, Yongfeng Liu, Rongsheng Zhang, Zhiyi Chen
Three non-aspartate amino acid mutations in the ComA Response regulator receiver motif severely decrease surfactin production, competence development and spore formation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Microbiol Biotechnol: 2010, 20(2);301-10
[PubMed:20208433]
[WorldCat.org]
(P p)
Kassem Hamze, Daria Julkowska, Sabine Autret, Krzysztof Hinc, Krzysztofa Nagorska, Agnieszka Sekowska, I Barry Holland, Simone J Séror
Identification of genes required for different stages of dendritic swarming in Bacillus subtilis, with a novel role for phrC.
Microbiology (Reading): 2009, 155(Pt 2);398-412
[PubMed:19202088]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Wiep Klaas Smits, Cristina Bongiorni, Jan-Willem Veening, Leendert W Hamoen, Oscar P Kuipers, Marta Perego
Temporal separation of distinct differentiation pathways by a dual specificity Rap-Phr system in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 65(1);103-20
[PubMed:17581123]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Mitsuo Ogura, Yasutaro Fujita
Bacillus subtilis rapD, a direct target of transcription repression by RghR, negatively regulates srfA expression.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2007, 268(1);73-80
[PubMed:17227471]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Jennifer M Auchtung, Catherine A Lee, Alan D Grossman
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J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(14);5273-85
[PubMed:16816200]
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(P p)
Cristina Bongiorni, Shu Ishikawa, Sophie Stephenson, Naotake Ogasawara, Marta Perego
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[PubMed:15968044]
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(P p)
Leighton Core, Marta Perego
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Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(6);1509-22
[PubMed:12950917]
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(P p)
Huang-Mo Sung, Ronald E Yasbin
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[PubMed:12270822]
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(P p)
Mireille Ansaldi, Darja Marolt, Tina Stebe, Ines Mandic-Mulec, David Dubnau
Specific activation of the Bacillus quorum-sensing systems by isoprenylated pheromone variants.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 44(6);1561-73
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(P p)
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Tn10 insertional mutations of Bacillus subtilis that block the biosynthesis of bacilysin.
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(P p)
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(P p)
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[PubMed:10447896]
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(P p)
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(P p)
M Roggiani, D Dubnau
ComA, a phosphorylated response regulator protein of Bacillus subtilis, binds to the promoter region of srfA.
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(P p)
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