GerPB

Gene name	gerPB
Synonyms	yisG
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	germination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerPB
MW, pI	8 kDa, 4.799
Gene length, protein length	240 bp, 80 aa
Immediate neighbours	gerPC, gerPA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

germination

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU10710

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O06720

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerPA-gerPB-gerPC-gerPD-gerPE-gerPF (according to DBTBS)

• Expression browser: gerPB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK) PubMed
  • subject to negative regulation by GerE PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

J Behravan, H Chirakkal, A Masson, A Moir
Mutations in the gerP locus of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus affect access of germinants to their targets in spores.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(7);1987-94
[PubMed:10715007] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)