Rho

• Description: transcriptional termination protein
  
  

Gene name	rho
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional termination protein
Function	transcriptional termination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rho
MW, pI	48 kDa, 6.865
Gene length, protein length	1281 bp, 427 aa
Immediate neighbours	rpmE, glpX
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transcription

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37080

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: rho family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • Rho-NusG (C-terminal domain) (based on data for E. coli) PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1PVO (Rho from E. coli) PubMed

• UniProt: Q03222

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: rho PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Marc Boudvillain, Nara Figueroa-Bossi, Lionello Bossi
Terminator still moving forward: expanding roles for Rho factor.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2013, 16(2);118-24
[PubMed:23347833] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

M Sofia Ciampi
Rho-dependent terminators and transcription termination.
Microbiology (Reading): 2006, 152(Pt 9);2515-2528
[PubMed:16946247] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

John P Richardson
Loading Rho to terminate transcription.
Cell: 2003, 114(2);157-9
[PubMed:12887917] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J P Richardson
Structural organization of transcription termination factor Rho.
J Biol Chem: 1996, 271(3);1251-4
[PubMed:8576105] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)