DNA-binding protein, spatial regulator of cell division to protect the nucleoid, and timing device with an important role in the coordination of chromosome segregation and cell division, Z ring placement
function
control of cell division
product
effector of nucleoid occlusion
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 1|Cellular processes] → [category|SW 1.1|Cell envelope and cell division] → [category|SW 1.1.8|Cell division] → [category|SW 1.1.8.2|Other genes][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins]Gene
Coordinates
4,207,897 → 4,208,748
Phenotypes of a mutant
a ''[gene|1986DB3078FBA16D6ACCD70EEAC95C46564D0958|whiA] [gene|559DEDC9887B811EF80994526256ADC48BA51CE3|noc]'' double mutant grows poorly, and the cells are filamentous [Pubmed|24097947]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
binds specific sites on the chromosome [Pubmed|19494834]Protein family
ParB family (according to Swiss-Prot)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|5B3DB5A796ACA48390278E60478DFF13D0074A8D|ParA][SW|Localization]
associated to the cell membrane [Pubmed|25568309]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|66A6EC4F6CB91EE741BB9D7646913FF3EE602BD7|thdF]-[gene|7809B4F5B9172EBB6C91BDE7B673FB08E82763FF|gidA]-[gene|CCB7EE1D049585979303148FBDE0D42549E648DE|gidB]-[gene|559DEDC9887B811EF80994526256ADC48BA51CE3|noc]
description
[Pubmed|11807071]
regulatory mechanism
[protein|08CFA2C72931A75532D4289BC1D18A826DE9F9CA|ComK]: activation, [Pubmed|11948146], in [regulon|08CFA2C72931A75532D4289BC1D18A826DE9F9CA|ComK regulon][protein|6740108089F13116F200C15F35C2E7561E990FEB|DnaA]: repression, [Pubmed|26020636], in [regulon|6740108089F13116F200C15F35C2E7561E990FEB|DnaA regulon]regulation
constitutively expressed [Pubmed|23701187]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B874 (yyaA::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/1873 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]GFP fusion
available in the [SW|Jeff Errington] labLabs working on this gene/protein
Jeff Errington, Newcastle, UK [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/camb/staff/profile/jeff.errington Homepage]References
Reviews
19680248,19884039,25460802,26706151 Original Publications
16549676,11807071,19494834,15210112,11948146,22457634,23701187,24097947,25568309,26020636