RodA

• Description: control of cell shape and elongation
  
  

Gene name	rodA
Synonyms	ywcF, ipa-42d
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	SEDS protein
Function	control of cell shape and elongation
MW, pI	43 kDa, 8.759
Gene length, protein length	1179 bp, 393 aa
Immediate neighbours	nfrA, ywcE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: SEDS proteins (shape, elongation, division, and sporulation)

• Paralogous protein(s): FtsW, SpoVE

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: SigM Pubmed

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

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References

1. Henriques AO, Glaser P, Piggot PJ, Moran CP Jr. (1998) Control of cell shape and elongation by the rodA gene in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. Apr;28(2): 235-47. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed