ParA

• Description: centromere-like function involved in forespore chromosome partitioning / negative regulation of sporulation initiation
  
  

Gene name	soj
Synonyms	spo0JA
Essential	no
Product	negative regulator of sporulation initiation
Function	forespore chromosome partitioning / negative regulation of sporulation initiation
MW, pI	27 kDa, 4.903
Gene length, protein length	759 bp, 253 aa
Immediate neighbours	spo0J, yyaB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU40970

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA condensation/ segregation, sporulation/ other, membrane proteins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: parA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • polar/ septal at the cell membrane PubMed
  • polar localization depends on the proton motive force PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37522

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: soj-spo0J (according to DBTBS)

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original publications

Henrik Strahl, Leendert W Hamoen
Membrane potential is important for bacterial cell division.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2010, 107(27);12281-6
[PubMed:20566861] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Stephan Gruber, Jeff Errington
Recruitment of condensin to replication origin regions by ParB/SpoOJ promotes chromosome segregation in B. subtilis.
Cell: 2009, 137(4);685-96
[PubMed:19450516] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Heath Murray, Jeff Errington
Dynamic control of the DNA replication initiation protein DnaA by Soj/ParA.
Cell: 2008, 135(1);74-84
[PubMed:18854156] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Gonçalo Real, Sabine Autret, Elizabeth J Harry, Jeffery Errington, Adriano O Henriques
Cell division protein DivIB influences the Spo0J/Soj system of chromosome segregation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 55(2);349-67
[PubMed:15659156] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ling Juan Wu, Jeff Errington
RacA and the Soj-Spo0J system combine to effect polar chromosome segregation in sporulating Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(6);1463-75
[PubMed:12950914] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Sabine Autret, Jeffery Errington
A role for division-site-selection protein MinD in regulation of internucleoid jumping of Soj (ParA) protein in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 47(1);159-69
[PubMed:12492861] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Autret, R Nair, J Errington
Genetic analysis of the chromosome segregation protein Spo0J of Bacillus subtilis: evidence for separate domains involved in DNA binding and interactions with Soj protein.
Mol Microbiol: 2001, 41(3);743-55
[PubMed:11532141] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A L Marston, J Errington
Dynamic movement of the ParA-like Soj protein of B. subtilis and its dual role in nucleoid organization and developmental regulation.
Mol Cell: 1999, 4(5);673-82
[PubMed:10619015] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M A Cervin, G B Spiegelman, B Raether, K Ohlsen, M Perego, J A Hoch
A negative regulator linking chromosome segregation to developmental transcription in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1998, 29(1);85-95
[PubMed:9701805] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M E Sharpe, J Errington
The Bacillus subtilis soj-spo0J locus is required for a centromere-like function involved in prespore chromosome partitioning.
Mol Microbiol: 1996, 21(3);501-9
[PubMed:8866474] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)