SpoIIAB

• Description: anti-SigF/ protein serine kinase
  
  

Gene name	spoIIAB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	anti-SigF/ protein serine kinase
Function	control of SigF activity septation; phosphorylation and inactivation of SpoIIAA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	16 kDa, 4.383
Gene length, protein length	438 bp, 146 aa
Immediate neighbours	sigF, spoIIAA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23460

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

protein modification, sigma factors and their control, sporulation proteins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + a protein = ADP + a phosphoprotein (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: anti-sigma-factor family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: SpoIIE-SpoIIAB, RsbV-SpoIIAB PubMed, SpoIIAB-SigG PubMed, SpoIIAB-SigF, SpoIIAB-SpoIIAA PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1L0O (complex with SigF, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1TIL (complex with SpoIIAA, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• UniProt: P10728

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • dacF-spoIIAA-spoIIAB-sigF
  • spoIIAA-spoIIAB-sigF

• Sigma factor:
  • dacF: SigF, SigG
  • spoIIAA: SigH

• Regulation:
  • dacF: expressed during sporulation
  • spoIIAA: expressed early during sporulation
  • expressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: spoIIAA: activated by Spo0A and repressed by SinR
  • Spo0A: transcription activation PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Charles Moran, Emory University, NC, USA homepage