RodZ
- Description: required for cell shape determination
| Gene name | rodZ |
| Synonyms | ymfM |
| Essential | no |
| Product | morphogenic protein |
| Function | required for cell shape determination |
| MW, pI | 23 kDa, 4.679 |
| Gene length, protein length | 639 bp, 213 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | ymfL, pgsA |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU16910
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
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:
- part of the cell wall biosynthetic complex PubMed
- Localization: membrane protein (according to Swiss Prot)
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: O31771
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
overexpression results in growth inhibition in minimal medium (in the absence of Mg2+ ) PubMed
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Sigma factor:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Adriano Henriques, Lisbon, Portugal homepage
Your additional remarks
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)
S Anisah Alyahya, Roger Alexander, Teresa Costa, Adriano O Henriques, Thierry Emonet, Christine Jacobs-Wagner
RodZ, a component of the bacterial core morphogenic apparatus.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2009, 106(4);1239-44
[PubMed:19164570]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
