YmaG

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	ymaG
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	protection of the spore
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ymaG
MW, pI	13 kDa, 9.679
Gene length, protein length	369 bp, 123 aa
Immediate neighbours	ebrA, ymaF
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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, GerE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU17310

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:
  • inner spore coat PubMed
  • localization depends on SafA PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31793

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ymaG PubMed

• Expression browser: ymaG PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Peter T McKenney, Patrick Eichenberger
Dynamics of spore coat morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 83(2);245-60
[PubMed:22171814] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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)

Leif Steil, Mónica Serrano, Adriano O Henriques, Uwe Völker
Genome-wide analysis of temporally regulated and compartment-specific gene expression in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2005, 151(Pt 2);399-420
[PubMed:15699190] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Patrick Eichenberger, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Erin M Conlon, David Z Rudner, Stephanie T Wang, Caitlin Ferguson, Koki Haga, Tsutomu Sato, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The program of gene transcription for a single differentiating cell type during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
PLoS Biol: 2004, 2(10);e328
[PubMed:15383836] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ritsuko Kuwana, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Machiko Fujibayashi, Hiromu Takamatsu, Naotake Ogasawara, Kazuhito Watabe
Proteomics characterization of novel spore proteins of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2002, 148(Pt 12);3971-3982
[PubMed:12480901] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)