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
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rodA
MW, pI	43 kDa, 8.759
Gene length, protein length	1179 bp, 393 aa
Immediate neighbours	nfrA, ywcE
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

cell shape, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y), essential genes, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigM regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38120

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: ftsW/rodA/spoVE family (according to Swiss-Prot) SEDS proteins (shape, elongation, division, and sporulation)

• Paralogous protein(s): FtsW, SpoVE

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • part of the cell wall biosynthetic complex PubMed

• Localization:
  • integral membrane protein PubMed
  • forms circumferentially moving patches PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39604

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rodA PubMed

• Expression browser: rodA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigM Pubmed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Charles Moran, Emory University, NC, USA homepage

References

Ethan C Garner, Remi Bernard, Wenqin Wang, Xiaowei Zhuang, David Z Rudner, Tim Mitchison
Coupled, circumferential motions of the cell wall synthesis machinery and MreB filaments in B. subtilis.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);222-5
[PubMed:21636745] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Julia Domínguez-Escobar, Arnaud Chastanet, Alvaro H Crevenna, Vincent Fromion, Roland Wedlich-Söldner, Rut Carballido-López
Processive movement of MreB-associated cell wall biosynthetic complexes in bacteria.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);225-8
[PubMed:21636744] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Gonçalo Real, Allison Fay, Avigdor Eldar, Sérgio M Pinto, Adriano O Henriques, Jonathan Dworkin
Determinants for the subcellular localization and function of a nonessential SEDS protein.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(1);363-76
[PubMed:17981970] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

A O Henriques, P Glaser, P J Piggot, C P Moran
Control of cell shape and elongation by the rodA gene in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1998, 28(2);235-47
[PubMed:9622350] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)