CsbA

• Description: general stress protein
  
  

Gene name	csbA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
MW, pI	8 kDa, 9.295
Gene length, protein length	228 bp, 76 aa
Immediate neighbours	uvrB, yvkC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35180

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:

• Localization:
  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37953

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: csbA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed, SigB PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Dirk Höper, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
Comprehensive characterization of the contribution of individual SigB-dependent general stress genes to stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(8);2810-26
[PubMed:15805528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S A Boylan, M D Thomas, C W Price
Genetic method to identify regulons controlled by nonessential elements: isolation of a gene dependent on alternate transcription factor sigma B of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1991, 173(24);7856-66
[PubMed:1744042] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)