DnaB

• Description: initiation of chromosome replication/ membrane attachment protein
  
  

Gene name	dnaB
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	initiation of chromosome replication/ membrane attachment protein
Function	DNA replication
MW, pI	54 kDa, 5.278
Gene length, protein length	1416 bp, 472 aa
Immediate neighbours	dnaI, ytcG
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• 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: DnaX-DnaB PubMed

• Localization: forms foci, close to oriC PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Haroniti et al. (2004) The clamp-loader-helicase interaction in Bacillus. Atomic force microscopy reveals the structural organisation of the DnaB-tau complex in Bacillus.J. Mol. Biol. 336: 381-393. PubMed
2. Imai et al. (2000) Subcellular localization of Dna-initiation proteins of Bacillus subtilis: evidence that chromosome replication begins at either edge of the nucleoids. Mol. Microbiol. 36: 1037-1048. PubMed