HAMAP rule MF_01170

General rule information [?]

PURL	https://purl.expasy.org/hamap/rule/MF_01170
Accession	MF_01170
Dates	06-FEB-2006 (Created) 19-NOV-2019 (Last updated, Version 16)
Name	RacA
Scope(s)	Bacteria Bacillales
Template(s)	P45870; [ Recover all ]
Triggered by	HAMAP; MF_01170 (Get profile general information and statistics)

Propagated annotation [?]

Identifier, protein and gene names [?]

Identifier	RACA
Protein name	RecName: Full=Chromosome-anchoring protein RacA;
Gene name	Name=racA;

Comments [?]

FUNCTION	Required for the formation of axial filaments and for anchoring the origin regions at the cell poles in sporulating cells, thus ensuring proper chromosome segregation in the prespore. Binds in a dispersed manner throughout the chromosome but preferentially to sites clustered in the origin portion of the chromosome, causing condensation of the chromosome and its remodeling into an elongated, anchored structure.
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION	Cytoplasm. Note=Localizes to cell poles and nucleoid.
SIMILARITY	Belongs to the RacA family.

Keywords [?]

Gene Ontology [?]

GO:0003690; Molecular function:double-stranded DNA binding

GO:0008356; Biological process:asymmetric cell division

GO:0030261; Biological process:chromosome condensation