soluble chemotaxis receptor, heme-containing O2 sensor protein
function
movement towards oxygen
product
haem-based aerotactic transducer
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1|Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1.1|Motility and chemotaxis] → [category|SW 4.1.1.1|Signal transduction in motility and chemotaxis] → [category|SW 4.1.1.1.3|Soluble chemoreceptors][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1|Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1.2|Biofilm formation] → [category|SW 4.1.2.6|Other proteins required for efficient pellicle biofilm formation]Gene
Coordinates
1,112,620 → 1,113,918
Phenotypes of a mutant
not essential for pellicle biofilm formation, but mutant is outcompeted by the wild-type strain when competed during pellicle formation [Pubmed|26122431]NCIB3610 ''hemAT'' mutant has higher fitness than ''[gene|E0BB77C8F1220E931D16A1FA6B75AE8907C76FDB|hag]'' mutant during pellicle formation [Pubmed|26122431]NCIB3610 ''hemAT''-''[gene|E0BB77C8F1220E931D16A1FA6B75AE8907C76FDB|hag]'' double mutant has similar fitness to single ''[gene|E0BB77C8F1220E931D16A1FA6B75AE8907C76FDB|hag]'' mutant during pellicle formation [Pubmed|26122431]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
required for full expression of the ''[gene|597771E2E8EC31ED9B2CC8C0E4D888DEEA80F689|phoD]-[gene|E4395255CD43ACB611E0BA872182DF801662C366|tatAD]-[gene|A58C9B9BB6574662A44AF0C7A94DFFE368B740E2|tatCD]'' operon [Pubmed|23180473][SW|Cofactors]
hemeStructure
[PDB|1OR4] (in cyano-liganded form), [PDB|1OR6] [Pubmed|12962628][SW|Localization]
forms clusters at the cell poles [Pubmed|21515776]homogeneous cytoplasmic distribution in chain-forming cells during the logarithmic phase [Pubmed|23180473]polar foci in individual cells at later growth stages [Pubmed|23180473]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|B948B9D96CDC43A07B3FF90212E52230A0EF1905|hemAT]
description
[Pubmed|15033535]
sigma factors
[protein|7024E4162A6D827069F882FDEACA696EBC05DD40|SigD]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15033535], in [regulon|7024E4162A6D827069F882FDEACA696EBC05DD40|SigD regulon]additional information
in minimal medium, HemAT is present with 19,000 +/- 3,900 molecules per cell [PubMed|21515776]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B282 (yhfV::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/1281 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]TB239 (''hemAT''::''neo'' in 168) [Pubmed|26122431]TB241 (''hemAT''::''neo'' in NCIB3610) [Pubmed|26122431]Labs working on this gene/protein
[SW|Akos T Kovacs]References
Reviews
Original publications
26122431,10676961,16819829,11481493,15033535,21515776,23180473,22564695,28725484