RapE

• Description: response regulator aspartate phosphatase, dephosphorylates Spo0F-P, control of the phosphorelay
  
  

Gene name	rapE
Synonyms	yqcH
Essential	no
Product	response regulator aspartate phosphatase
Function	control of sporulation initiation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rapE
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RapE
Function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phosphorelay
MW, pI	44 kDa, 7.313
Gene length, protein length	1125 bp, 375 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqcI, phrE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

protein modification, transcription factors and their control, phosphorelay, quorum sensing, Skin element

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CodY regulon, ComA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25830

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: RAP family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P45943

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rapE-phrE PubMed

• Expression browser: rapE PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed
  • ComA: transcription activation PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: