sspN

small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)

locus: BSU_18020

pI: 10.44

mw: 5.22 kDa

protein length: 48 aa

gene length: 147 bp

function: protection of spore DNA

product: small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)

essential: no

synonyms

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.1|Sporulation proteins] → [category|SW 4.2.1.3|Small acid-soluble spore proteins]

Gene

Coordinates: 1,930,264 1,930,410

The protein

Protein family

• sspN family (single member, according to UniProt)

[SW|Localization]

• spore core (according to Swiss-Prot)

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|5D79D9D38B588FE0EC688D54FE68E6F49238DA46|sspN]-[gene|DE52E15D900F9665E35D2C8138DA3ABFC2B7B723|tlp]
  description: [Pubmed|10333516]

  sigma factors

  • [protein|CFF318EE6CACDEE763FBF96A2ABB46E944679AAA|SigF]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15699190,10333516], in [regulon|CFF318EE6CACDEE763FBF96A2ABB46E944679AAA|SigF regulon]
  • [protein|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15699190,10333516], in [regulon|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG regulon]

  regulation

  • expressed during sporulation in the forespore ([protein|search|SigF], [protein|search|SigG]) [Pubmed|15699190,10333516]

additional information

• the mRNA belongs to the 46 most abundant mRNA species in dormant spores [pubmed|30782632]

Biological materials

Mutant

• BKE18020 ([gene|5D79D9D38B588FE0EC688D54FE68E6F49238DA46|sspN]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE18020 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTTTATCCCTCCTCAAC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAGCGAAAATTCGAGTTTAT
• BKK18020 ([gene|5D79D9D38B588FE0EC688D54FE68E6F49238DA46|sspN]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK18020 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTTTATCCCTCCTCAAC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAGCGAAAATTCGAGTTTAT

References

• 16497325,10333516,30782632