ComQ

• Description: prenylation of ComX, regulator of late competence operon (comG) and surfactin expression (srfA)
  
  

Gene name	comQ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	prenyltransferase
Function	regulation of quorum sensing
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: comQ
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: ComQ
MW, pI	34 kDa, 4.893
Gene length, protein length	897 bp, 299 aa
Immediate neighbours	comX, degQ
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

genetic competence, quorum sensing, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU31710

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • prenylation of ComX PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • ComQ-ComX PubMed

• Localization:
  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P33690

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: comQ-comX PubMed

• Expression browser: comQ PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: