CspB

• Description: major cold-shock protein
  
  

Gene name	cspB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	major cold-shock protein
Function	RNA chaperone
MW, pI	7 kDa, 4.341
Gene length, protein length	201 bp, 67 aa
Immediate neighbours	yhcI, yhcJ
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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: CshB-CspB PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasma, colocalizes with the ribosomes PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

References

1. Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 PubMed
2. Hunger, K., Beckering, C. L., Wiegeshoff, F., Graumann, P. L. & Marahiel, M. A. (2006). Cold-induced putative DEAD box RNA helicases CshA and CshB are essential for cold adaptation and interact with cold shock protein B in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 188:240-248. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed