CotI

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	cotI
Synonyms	ytaA
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	spore envelope
MW, pI	41 kDa, 4.989
Gene length, protein length	1071 bp, 357 aa
Immediate neighbours	cotSA, ytaB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30920

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 2Q83

• UniProt: O34656

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cotI PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Eric D Scheeff, Herbert L Axelrod, Mitchell D Miller, Hsiu-Ju Chiu, Ashley M Deacon, Ian A Wilson, Gerard Manning
Genomics, evolution, and crystal structure of a new family of bacterial spore kinases.
Proteins: 2010, 78(6);1470-82
[PubMed:20077512] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Leif Steil, Mónica Serrano, Adriano O Henriques, Uwe Völker
Genome-wide analysis of temporally regulated and compartment-specific gene expression in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2005, 151(Pt 2);399-420
[PubMed:15699190] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Erh-Min Lai, Nikhil D Phadke, Maureen T Kachman, Rebecca Giorno, Santiago Vazquez, Jenny A Vazquez, Janine R Maddock, Adam Driks
Proteomic analysis of the spore coats of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus anthracis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(4);1443-54
[PubMed:12562816] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ritsuko Kuwana, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Machiko Fujibayashi, Hiromu Takamatsu, Naotake Ogasawara, Kazuhito Watabe
Proteomics characterization of novel spore proteins of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2002, 148(Pt 12);3971-3982
[PubMed:12480901] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)