SigM

• Description: RNA polymerase ECF-type sigma factor SigM
  
  

Gene name	sigM
Synonyms	yhdM
Essential	no
Product	RNA polymerase ECF-type sigma factor SigM
Function	resistance against cell envelope stress, oxidative stress and salt stress
MW, pI	19 kDa, 6.77
Gene length, protein length	489 bp, 163 aa
Immediate neighbours	yhdL, yhdN
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: sigma-70 factor family, ECF subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Genes/ operons controlled by SigM

abh, divIC, sigM-yhdLyhdK, yqjL, ypbG, ydaH, ypuA, radC, yebC, ywtF, rodA, ypuD, ytpA, ytpB, yngC, ycgR, ycgQ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: SigM-YhdK-YhdL

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O07582

• KEGG entry: BSU09520

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sigM-yhdL-yhdK

• Sigma factor: SigM PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

John Helmann, Cornell University, USA Homepage

References

Yun Luo, John D Helmann
Extracytoplasmic function sigma factors with overlapping promoter specificity regulate sublancin production in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(15);4951-8
[PubMed:19465659] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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