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• Description: flagella-associated protein
  
  

Gene name	flhF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	flagella-associated protein
Function	movement and chemotaxis
MW, pI	40 kDa, 8.719
Gene length, protein length	1098 bp, 366 aa
Immediate neighbours	flhA, swrC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16400

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: GTP-binding SRP 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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 2PX3 (complexed with GTP-Mg2+)

• Swiss prot entry: Q01960

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Gert Bange, Georg Petzold, Klemens Wild, Richard O Parlitz, Irmgard Sinning
The crystal structure of the third signal-recognition particle GTPase FlhF reveals a homodimer with bound GTP.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2007, 104(34);13621-5
[PubMed:17699634] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Geeske Zanen, Haike Antelmann, Helga Westers, Michael Hecker, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Wim J Quax
FlhF, the third signal recognition particle-GTPase of Bacillus subtilis, is dispensable for protein secretion.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(17);5956-60
[PubMed:15317803] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P B Carpenter, D W Hanlon, G W Ordal
flhF, a Bacillus subtilis flagellar gene that encodes a putative GTP-binding protein.
Mol Microbiol: 1992, 6(18);2705-13
[PubMed:1447978] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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