CsfB

• Description: forespore-specific protein, inhibitor of SigG
  
  

Gene name	csfB
Synonyms	yaaM
Essential	no
Product	inhibitor of SigG
Function	control of SigG activity
MW, pI	7 kDa, 7.671
Gene length, protein length	192 bp, 64 aa
Immediate neighbours	rrnA-5S, xpaC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00240

Phenotypes of a mutant

premature activation of SigG PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: inhibitor of SigG PubMed1 PubMed2

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: CsfB-SigG PubMed

• Localization: forespore

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P37534

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: csfB

• Sigma factor: SigF PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Wang et al. (2006) The forespore line of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis. J. Mol. Biol. 358: 16-37. PubMed
2. Chary et al. (2007) Expression of the sigmaF-directed csfB locus prevents premature appearance of sigmaG activity during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis.J. Bacteriol. 189: 8754-8757. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed