buffering protein for development, dampens transitions to spore, biofilm exopolysaccharide and competence expression , targets [[protein|ComK ]]and [[protein|ComS ]]to the [[protein|86A2F2F65290F4471D6FD03B694821C66C180D8A]]-[[protein|ClpP ]]degradation machine (in log phase), inhibits the transcriptional activity of [[protein|2C54FE2ADC82FF414D732018C90649D477A925AD]]-P by direct interaction