ScpA

• Description: DNA segregation and condensation protein
  
  

Gene name	scpA
Synonyms	ypuG
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	DNA segregation and condensation protein
Function	maintenance of chromosome structure
MW, pI	29 kDa, 4.788
Gene length, protein length	753 bp, 251 aa
Immediate neighbours	scpB, ypuF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23220

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: ScpA-Smc, ScpA-ScpB

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot), Nucleoid (Multiple) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P35154

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: