B5YWD9

Nucleoid occlusion factor SlmA

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot protein
Short nameSLMA_ECO5E
Length198 amino acids
SpeciesEscherichia coli O157:H7 (strain EC4115 / EHEC)
GeneslmA
Function
Required for nucleoid occlusion (NO) phenomenon, which prevents Z-ring formation and cell division over the nucleoid. Acts as a DNA-associated cell division inhibitor that binds simultaneously chromosomal DNA and FtsZ, and disrupts the assembly of Ft...
Family membership

InterPro GO terms

molecular function

cellular component

  • None
Panther GO terms
PTHR30055:SF183
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