FliJ

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  • Description: flagellar protein required for formation of basal body

Gene name fliJ
Synonyms cheF
Essential no
Product flagellar protein required for formation of basal body
Function movement and chemotaxis
MW, pI 17 kDa, 8.409
Gene length, protein length 441 bp, 147 aa
Immediate neighbours fliI, ylxF
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
FliJ context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU16250

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: fliJ family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation:
    • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C W Ying, F Scoffone, A M Albertini, A Galizzi, G W Ordal
Properties of the Bacillus subtilis chemotaxis protein CheF, a homolog of the Salmonella typhimurium flagellar protein FliJ.
J Bacteriol: 1991, 173(11);3584-6
[PubMed:1904439] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C W Ying, G W Ordal
Nucleotide sequence and expression of cheF, an essential gene for chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1989, 171(3);1631-7
[PubMed:2493450] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)