MotP

• Description: Na+-coupled MotPS flagellar stator
  
  

Gene name	motP
Synonyms	ytxD
Essential	no
Product	motility protein (flagellar motor rotation)
Function	motility and chemotaxis
MW, pI	29 kDa, 9.185
Gene length, protein length	816 bp, 272 aa
Immediate neighbours	motS, ccpA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29730

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: motA 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:

• Swiss prot entry: P39063

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ccpA motP motS PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: constitutive

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Terahara et al. (2006) An intergenic stem-loop mutation in the Bacillus subtilis ccpA-motPS operon increases motPS transcription and the MotPS contribution to motility J Bacteriol. 188: 2701-2705. PubMed