CotU

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	cotU
Synonyms	ynzH
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	resistance of the spore
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cotU
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: CotU
MW, pI	11 kDa, 6.315
Gene length, protein length	258 bp, 86 aa
Immediate neighbours	yncF, ynzJ
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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

GerE regulon, GerR regulon, SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU17670

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU17670

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • CotC-CotU PubMed, CotE-CotU PubMed

• Localization:
  • outer spore coat, localization depends on CotE PubMed
  • the CotC-CotU complex assembles around the forming spore PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU17670

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31802

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: cotU PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed
  • GerR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: