CotU

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	cotU
Synonyms	ynzH
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	resistance of the spore
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cotU
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: CotU
MW, pI	11 kDa, 6.315
Gene length, protein length	258 bp, 86 aa
Immediate neighbours	yncF, ynzJ
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

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

GerE regulon, GerR regulon, SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU17670

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU17670

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

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:
  • CotC-CotU PubMed, CotE-CotU PubMed

• Localization:
  • outer spore coat, localization depends on CotE PubMed
  • the CotC-CotU complex assembles around the forming spore PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU17670

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31802

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: cotU PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed
  • GerR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Peter T McKenney, Patrick Eichenberger
Dynamics of spore coat morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 83(2);245-60
[PubMed:22171814] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Giuseppina Cangiano, Antonio Mazzone, Loredana Baccigalupi, Rachele Isticato, Patrick Eichenberger, Maurilio De Felice, Ezio Ricca
Direct and indirect control of late sporulation genes by GerR of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(13);3406-13
[PubMed:20435725] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Rachele Isticato, Assunta Pelosi, Maurilio De Felice, Ezio Ricca
CotE binds to CotC and CotU and mediates their interaction during spore coat formation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(4);949-54
[PubMed:20023017] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Rachele Isticato, Assunta Pelosi, Rita Zilhão, Loredana Baccigalupi, Adriano O Henriques, Maurilio De Felice, Ezio Ricca
CotC-CotU heterodimerization during assembly of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(4);1267-75
[PubMed:18065538] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Erh-Min Lai, Nikhil D Phadke, Maureen T Kachman, Rebecca Giorno, Santiago Vazquez, Jenny A Vazquez, Janine R Maddock, Adam Driks
Proteomic analysis of the spore coats of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus anthracis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(4);1443-54
[PubMed:12562816] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)