CotX
- Description: spore coat protein (insoluble fraction)
| Gene name | cotX |
| Synonyms | |
| Essential | no |
| Product | spore coat protein (insoluble fraction) |
| Function | resistance of the spore |
| MW, pI | 18 kDa, 4.228 |
| Gene length, protein length | 516 bp, 172 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | cotY, cotW |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU11760
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization: spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry: Q08313
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
cotX PubMed
- Sigma factor: before cotV: SigK PubMed
- Regulation: repressed by casamino acids PubMed
- Regulatory mechanism: upstream of cotX: SpoIIID: repression PubMed, upstream of both promoters: GerE: transcription activation PubMed
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
