comC

comC
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late competence gene required for processing and translocation of ComGC, ComGD, ComGE and ComGG

Locus
BSU_28070
Molecular weight
26.37 kDa
Isoelectric point
9.84
Protein length
Gene length
Function
genetic competence
Product
processing protease
Essential
no
E.C.
null
Synonyms
comC

Genomic Context

Categories containing this gene/protein

List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG1989 (Galperin et al., 2021)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Gene
Coordinates
2,864,426  2,865,172
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
processing and translocation of ComGC, ComGD, ComGE and ComGG PubMed
Typically cleaves a -Gly-|-Phe- bond to release an N-terminal, basic peptide of 5-8 residues from type IV prepilin, and then N-methylates the new N-terminal amino group, the methyl donor being S-adenosyl-L-methionine (according to UniProt)
Protein family
peptidase A24 family (single member, according to UniProt)
Structure
integral membrane protein PubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Genes
Description
Regulatory mechanism
ComK: activation, PubMed, in comK regulon
Sigma factors
SigA: sigma factor, PubMed, in sigA regulon
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comC

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Biological materials
Mutant
BKE28070 (comC::erm  trpC2) available at BGSCPubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATAGACAACACACCTTTAC,  downstream forward: _UP4_TGACTGCTGAAAAATTTGAC
BKK28070 (comC::kan  trpC2) available at BGSCPubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATAGACAACACACCTTTAC,  downstream forward: _UP4_TGACTGCTGAAAAATTTGAC
References
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