phosphorelay regulator, initiation of sporulation, coordinates DNA replication and initiation of sporulation by binding to sites close to the oriC
function
initiation of sporulation
product
phosphorelay response regulator
synonyms
spo0C, spo0G, spoIIL, sof-1
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.4|Regulation of gene expression] → [category|SW 3.4.2|Transcription factors and their control] → [category|SW 3.4.2.1|Two-component system response regulators][category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.4|Regulation of gene expression] → [category|SW 3.4.7|phosphorelay][category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.4|Regulation of gene expression] → [category|SW 3.4.7|phosphorelay] → [category|SW 3.4.7.4|The ultimate target][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1|Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1.2|Biofilm formation][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1|Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1.2|Biofilm formation] → [category|SW 4.1.2.4|Regulation][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.2|phosphorelay][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.2|phosphorelay] → [category|SW 4.2.2.4|The ultimate target][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.4|Phosphoproteins] → [category|SW 6.4.2|Phosphorylation on an Asp residue]Gene
Coordinates
2,518,023 → 2,518,826
Phenotypes of a mutant
inactivation of ''[gene|2C54FE2ADC82FF414D732018C90649D477A925AD|spo0A]'' restores beta-lactam resistance in a ''[gene|081DF3EE9FA56209D648C7677188C61CE3AA8E41|sigM]'' mutant [Pubmed|22211522]altered cell death pattern in colonies [Pubmed|23012477]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
activation of gene expression at the onset of [SW|sporulation] ([SW|Spo0A regulon])coordination between [SW|DNA replication] and initiation of [SW|sporulation] by binding to sites close to the ''oriC'' (this limits re-initiation of replication) [Pubmed|23301687]required for [SW|biofilm formation] [Pubmed|11886552]required for [SW|sliding] [Pubmed|26152584]Modification
receives phosphorylation from [protein|29D91115BB3AC03538D618E54A5A57F92777EFF6|Spo0B], dephosphorylation by [protein|A574974B6F4FF46DC69E03AE021651C67089866F|Spo0E], direct phosphorylation by [protein|A656321846B2E0D1F39B528E2D8B8E620CCD1148|KinC] upon potassium leakage [Pubmed|19114652]Effectors of protein activity
the phosphorylation state affects DNA binding activityinteraction with [protein|331993A875907C10C77105FD8DDD86D4412CE405|MecA] inhibits the transcriptional activity of [protein|2C54FE2ADC82FF414D732018C90649D477A925AD|Spo0A]∼P [Pubmed|21435029]Structure
[PDB|1QMP] (with phosphorylated aspartate, ''Geobacillus stearothermophilus''), [PDB|1FC3] (trans-activation domain, ''Geobacillus stearothermophilus''), [PDB|1LQ1] (complex with DNA)Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|2C54FE2ADC82FF414D732018C90649D477A925AD|spo0A]
description
[Pubmed|11254139]
sigma factors
[protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|11254139,1569009], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon][protein|DC3449D5F195E5C2E9E14FEC95396C8F1FDF73B4|SigH]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|11254139,1569009], in [regulon|DC3449D5F195E5C2E9E14FEC95396C8F1FDF73B4|SigH regulon]regulatory mechanism
[protein|2C54FE2ADC82FF414D732018C90649D477A925AD|Spo0A]: repression, [Pubmed|1391039], in [regulon|2C54FE2ADC82FF414D732018C90649D477A925AD|Spo0A regulon]regulation
expression increases when drowth rate declines [Pubmed|21552330]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-C448 (spo0A::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/2446 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]BKG9 (''[gene|2C54FE2ADC82FF414D732018C90649D477A925AD|spo0A]''::''aphA3''), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labSS995 (''[gene|2C54FE2ADC82FF414D732018C90649D477A925AD|spo0A]''::''ery'') [Pubmed|14761993]Labs working on this gene/protein
[SW|Tony Wilkinson], York University, U.K. [http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/chem/staff/ajw.html homepage][SW|Imrich Barak], Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia [http://imb.savba.sk/~barak/ homepage][SW|Charles Moran], Emory University, NC, USA [http://www.microbiology.emory.edu/moran_c.html homepage]References
Reviews
19995980,20030732,20157337,11286862,20833318,20955377,22303284,24914187,26458398,28075389 The [SW|Spo0A regulon]
Other original Publications
14679239,1569009,20413551,20404177,19528067,19581368,8730857,2106683,3157992,11254139,12067336,10869437,16385044,9287005,8127878,9287022,8231806,1905258,16452424,2118505,8207022,12176382,9733708,11069677,12730135,2437099,8288522,16166384,9495766,2118512,26165942,1556084,18296515,7768874,3145384,19114652,20689749,1537790,9658000,8509330,14762002,1846779,2981817,9477965,8600030,18840696,1391039,14976210,19207565,11679073,12270811,11112444,18978066,20154131,14712656,17157871,15060025,9685500,10852876,21552330,22303282,22745669,23301687,23335417,23660663,25225273,25341802,26152584,23012477,23170957,23169620,22412392,21326214,21435029,21478340,21622736,21949067,21980382,22211522,23927765,24123822,27208661,27216630,27215790,27891124,28033323