YeeK

Gene name	yeeK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yeeK
MW, pI	15 kDa, 6.852
Gene length, protein length	435 bp, 145 aa
Immediate neighbours	yeeI, yezE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU06850

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • inner spore coat PubMed, assembles into the spore integument PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31510

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

CotE, SafA, and SpoVID are required for proper localization, clolocalizes with YabG PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yeeK PubMed

• Expression browser: yeeK PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expression starts 5 hrs after the onset of sporulation GerE PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Daisuke Imamura, Ritsuko Kuwana, Hiromu Takamatsu, Kazuhito Watabe
Localization of proteins to different layers and regions of Bacillus subtilis spore coats.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(2);518-24
[PubMed:19933362] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hiromu Takamatsu, Daisuke Imamura, Ritsuko Kuwana, Kazuhito Watabe
Expression of yeeK during Bacillus subtilis sporulation and localization of YeeK to the inner spore coat using fluorescence microscopy.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(4);1220-9
[PubMed:19060142] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

H Takamatsu, T Kodama, A Imamura, K Asai, K Kobayashi, T Nakayama, N Ogasawara, K Watabe
The Bacillus subtilis yabG gene is transcribed by SigK RNA polymerase during sporulation, and yabG mutant spores have altered coat protein composition.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(7);1883-8
[PubMed:10714992] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)