ComGE

• Description: DNA transport machinery, minor pseudopilin
  
  

Gene name	comGE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	minor pseudopilin
Function	genetic competence, DNA uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: comGE
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: ComGE
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	13 kDa, 5.238
Gene length, protein length	345 bp, 115 aa
Immediate neighbours	comGF, comGD
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

genetic competence

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24690

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:
  • ComGB-ComGE PubMed
  • ComC-ComGE PubMed

• Localization: cell surface PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P25957

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: comGA-comGB-comGC-comGD-comGE-comGF-comGG-yqzE PubMed

• Expression browser: comGE PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComK: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Inês Chen, David Dubnau
DNA uptake during bacterial transformation.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2004, 2(3);241-9
[PubMed:15083159] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)