KinC

• Description: two-component sensor kinase, initiation of sporulation
  
  

Gene name	kinC
Synonyms	ssb
Essential	no
Product	two-component sensor kinase
Function	initiation of sporulation
MW, pI	48 kDa, 6.225
Gene length, protein length	1284 bp, 428 aa
Immediate neighbours	abh, ykqA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14490

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + protein L-histidine = ADP + protein N-phospho-L-histidine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains: two transmembrane segments, C-terminal histidine phosphotransferase domain

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), Membrane (Heterogeneous) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P39764

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed