GerBC

• Description: nutrient receptor, germination response to the combination of glucose, fructose, and KCl
  
  

Gene name	gerBC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	nutrient receptor
Function	germination
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: GerBC
MW, pI	42 kDa, 9.06
Gene length, protein length	1122 bp, 374 aa
Immediate neighbours	gerBB, ywtG
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

germination, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35820

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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:

• Interactions:
  • GerBA-GerBB-GerBC (tentative receptor complex) PubMed
  • GerBC is part of the germinosome in the spore inner membrane PubMed

• Localization: spore inner membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 3N54 PubMed

• UniProt: P39571

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerBA-gerBB-gerBC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the forespore (SigG) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: