sspO [2017-8-11 16:0:3]

small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)

locus: BSU17990

pI: 10.47

mw: 5.29 kDa

protein length: 48 aa

gene length: 144 bp

function: protection of spore DNA

product: small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)

essential: no

synonyms: cotK

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.1|Sporulation proteins] → [category|SW 4.2.1.3|Small acid-soluble spore proteins]

Gene

Coordinates: 1,926,306 → 1,926,452

The protein

Protein family

• sspO family (according to Swiss-Prot)

[SW|Localization]

• spore core (according to Swiss-Prot)

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|174047392BCCE4D57528ED78866626252BBF10D2|sspO]-[gene|6C0BA5B55EE5CF737C4E263BFFF760374054C6AE|sspP]
  description: [Pubmed|10806362]

  sigma factors

  • [protein|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|10806362], in [regulon|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG regulon]

  regulation

  • expressed late during sporulation in the forespore ([protein|search|SigG]) [Pubmed|10806362]

References

• 10806362