Protein Domain : IPR005230

Type:  Family Name:  Pheromone shutdown, TraB, bacterial/archaeal
Description:  In prokaryotes, for example Enterococcus faecalis(Streptococcus faecalis), the conjugative transfer of certain plasmids is controlled by peptide pheromones []. Plasmid free recipient cells secret plasmid specific oligopeptides, termed sex pheromones. They induce bacterial clumping and specifically activate the conjugative transfer of the corresponding plasmid. Once recipient cells acquire the plasmid they start to produce a pheromone inhibitor to block the activity of the pheromone and to prevent plasmid containing cells from clumping; they also become donor cells able to transfer the plasmid to plasmid free recipient cells. Examples of such plasmid-pheromone systems are bacteriocin plasmid pPD1 [], haemolysin/bacteriocin plasmid, pAD1 [], tetracycline-resistance plasmid,pCF10 [], and the haemolysin/bacteriocin plasmid, pOB1 [].TraB in combination with another factor contributes to pheromone shutdown in cells that have acquired a plasmid. It exact function has not yet been determined [, ]. Short Name:  Pheromone_shutdown_TraB_bac

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1 Cross References

Identifier
TIGR00261

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1 Parent Features

DB identifier Type Name
IPR002816 Family Pheromone shutdown, TraB

1 Proteins

DB identifier UniProt Accession Secondary Identifier Organism Name Length
Brdisv1BdTR12c1005923m.p PAC:34396270 Brachypodium distachyon BdTR12c 366  

7 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            15374642
            7559344
            1924555
            8349565
            7772836
            2158976
            10850999