CotS

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	cotS
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	resistance of the spore
MW, pI	40 kDa, 6.641
Gene length, protein length	1053 bp, 351 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytxO, cotSA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30900

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:

• UniProt: P46914

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cotSA-cotS-ytxO PubMed

• Expression browser: cotS 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: