CotG

• Description: outer spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	cotG
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	resistance of the spore
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cotG
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: CotG
MW, pI	23 kDa, 10.673
Gene length, protein length	585 bp, 195 aa
Immediate neighbours	cotH, ywrF
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

GerE regulon, GerR regulon, SigE regulon, SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU36070

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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:
  • CotB-CotG PubMed

• Localization:
  • outer spore coat, localization depends on CotE PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39801

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cotG PubMed

• Expression browser: cotG PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed, SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE, SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed
  • GerR: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information: the mRNA is very stable (half-life > 15 min) PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: