Regulated Operon: csfC

Genes
Genes Synonyms Direction Genome position Function COG ID Conserved groups
csfC S transcription unit + 3776917..3777391

 

Operon evidence: upstream and downstream genes are on the opposite strand
Reference: Decatur A & Losick R (1996)
Comments: csfC is located immediately upstream of sporulation gene spoIID and immediately downstream of murA, a gene involved in cell wall biosynthesis. Both spoIID and murA are oriented in the same direction, while csfC is oriented in the opposite direction and positioned so as to transcribe the nontemplete strand of murA. Because there are no significant open reading frames other than murA, it is tempting to speculate that, rather than encoding a protein product, the csfC gene produces an antisense RNA that negatively regulates murA expression.


Promoters

Binding
factor
Regulation Location Absolute position Binding seq.(cis-element) Experimental evidence
SigF Promoter -58:+13 3777836..3777906 AAACTTTATTTGTCATTTACGTATTCTTTTTTGCTATTTTGCGCATAATGATGATAATACACAAAAAATAA Decatur A & Losick R (1996): RG
Rong S, et al. (1986): dinucleotide priming

Terminator

Terminator sequence Absolute position Position from stop codon Free energy
[kcal/mol]
Downstream of
CATTTGTGACTGCATATCAGTCGGGAAGCCCGGGTGAGGCATTGTTTTGATGTCAA
          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   <<<<<<<<<<<<<
3778337..3778367
946..976
-16.4
csfC

Overview



Upper Region






Copyright: Human Genome Center, Inst. Med. Sci., Univ. Tokyo; 1999-2008
Contact: Kenta Nakai