TasA

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  • Description: major component of biofilm matrix, forms amyloid fibers

Gene name tasA
Synonyms cotN, yqhF
Essential no
Product major component of biofilm matrix
Function biofilm formation
Regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Biofilm
MW, pI 28 kDa, 5.442
Gene length, protein length 783 bp, 261 aa
Immediate neighbours sinR, sipW
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
TasA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU24620

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: forms amyloid fibers that bind cells together in the biofilm PubMed
  • Protein family: peptidase M73 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions: forms fibers of variable length and 10-15 nm in width PubMed
  • Localization: extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed, membrane PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews


Original publications