GerAC

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  • Description: nutrient receptor, germination response to L-alanine

Gene name gerAC
Synonyms
Essential no
Product nutrient receptor
Function germination response to L-alanine
MW, pI 42 kDa, 7.302
Gene length, protein length 1119 bp, 373 aa
Immediate neighbours gerAB, liaR
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
GerAC context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

germination, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigF regulon, SigG regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU33070

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: gerABKC lipoprotein family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)
    • predicted to be in the spore inner membrane PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Wiyada Mongkolthanaruk, Gareth R Cooper, Julia S P Mawer, Raymond N Allan, Anne Moir
Effect of amino acid substitutions in the GerAA protein on the function of the alanine-responsive germinant receptor of Bacillus subtilis spores.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(9);2268-75
[PubMed:21378197] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Gareth R Cooper, Anne Moir
Amino acid residues in the GerAB protein important in the function and assembly of the alanine spore germination receptor of Bacillus subtilis 168.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(9);2261-7
[PubMed:21378181] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Venkata Ramana Vepachedu, Peter Setlow
Analysis of interactions between nutrient germinant receptors and SpoVA proteins of Bacillus subtilis spores.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2007, 274(1);42-7
[PubMed:17573930] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Stephanie T Wang, Barbara Setlow, Erin M Conlon, Jessica L Lyon, Daisuke Imamura, Tsutomu Sato, Peter Setlow, Richard Losick, Patrick Eichenberger
The forespore line of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2006, 358(1);16-37
[PubMed:16497325] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Swaroopa Atluri, Katerina Ragkousi, Donna E Cortezzo, Peter Setlow
Cooperativity between different nutrient receptors in germination of spores of Bacillus subtilis and reduction of this cooperativity by alterations in the GerB receptor.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(1);28-36
[PubMed:16352818] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Takao Igarashi, Peter Setlow
Interaction between individual protein components of the GerA and GerB nutrient receptors that trigger germination of Bacillus subtilis spores.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(7);2513-8
[PubMed:15774895] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Rosa-Martha Cabrera-Martinez, Federico Tovar-Rojo, Venkata Ramana Vepachedu, Peter Setlow
Effects of overexpression of nutrient receptors on germination of spores of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(8);2457-64
[PubMed:12670969] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

I Bagyan, J Hobot, S Cutting
A compartmentalized regulator of developmental gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(15);4500-7
[PubMed:8755877] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

I M Feavers, J Foulkes, B Setlow, D Sun, W Nicholson, P Setlow, A Moir
The regulation of transcription of the gerA spore germination operon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1990, 4(2);275-82
[PubMed:2110996] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A R Zuberi, A Moir, I M Feavers
The nucleotide sequence and gene organization of the gerA spore germination operon of Bacillus subtilis 168.
Gene: 1987, 51(1);1-11
[PubMed:3110007] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Additonal publications

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