sspM

small acid-soluble spore protein (minor SASP)

locus: BSU_22290

pI: 10.99

mw: 3.59 kDa

protein length: 34 aa

gene length: 105 bp

function: protection of spore DNA

product: small acid-soluble spore protein (minor SASP)

essential: no

synonyms

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: 2,339,670 2,339,774

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|1D37BB6B73A60C38375FBC8D847E726EE79103B3|sspM]
  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]

additional information

• the mRNA belongs to the 46 most abundant mRNA species in dormant spores [pubmed|30782632]

Biological materials

Mutant

• BKE22290 ([gene|1D37BB6B73A60C38375FBC8D847E726EE79103B3|sspM]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE22290 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATACGGCACCTCCTCACAA, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAAGCAAGGAATTTCCT
• BKK22290 ([gene|1D37BB6B73A60C38375FBC8D847E726EE79103B3|sspM]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK22290 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATACGGCACCTCCTCACAA, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAAGCAAGGAATTTCCT

References

• 10806362,30782632