CtpB

• Description: carboxy-terminal processing serine protease, cleaves SpoIVFA, this results in processing of pro-SigK
  
  

Gene name	ctpB
Synonyms	yvjB
Essential	no
Product	carboxy-terminal processing serine protease, cleaves SpoIVFA
Function	control of SigK activation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ctpB
MW, pI	52 kDa, 8.641
Gene length, protein length	1440 bp, 480 aa
Immediate neighbours	swrAA, ftsX
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

proteolysis, sigma factors and their control, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon, SigG regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35240

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): CtpA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O35002

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ctpB (according to DBTBS)

• Expression browser: ctpB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed, SigG PubMed

• Regulation: expressed during sporulation (SigE, SigG) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • 1S129 ( ctpB::tet), PubMed, available at BGSC

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: