SinI

• Description: antagonist of SinR
  
  

Gene name	sinI
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	antagonist of SinR
Function	control of SinR activity
Regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Biofilm
MW, pI	6 kDa, 6.333
Gene length, protein length	171 bp, 57 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqhG, sinR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24600

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): SlrA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: SinR-SinI

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P23308

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sinI-sinR PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • activated under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • repressed during exponential growth (ScoC) PubMed
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription activation, in a portion of cells PubMed
  • ScoC: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Patrick Piggot
Epigenetic switching: bacteria hedge bets about staying or moving.
Curr Biol: 2010, 20(11);R480-2
[PubMed:20541494] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)