sspF

small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)

locus: BSU_00450

pI: 9.65

mw: 6.89 kDa

protein length: 61 aa

gene length: 186 bp

function: protection of spore DNA

product: small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)

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: 53,183 53,368

The protein

Protein family

• [SW|Alpha/beta-type SASP family] (according to UniProt)

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|358EACB735F46F7DBA2F2A132177939D80140477|sspF]
  description: [Pubmed|6205155]

  sigma factors

  • [protein|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15699190,6205155], in [regulon|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG regulon]

  regulation

  • switched on during stage III of sporulation [Pubmed|6205155]

additional information

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

Biological materials

Mutant

• BKE00450 ([gene|358EACB735F46F7DBA2F2A132177939D80140477|sspF]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE00450 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CAAACGAAACAACTCCTTTT, downstream forward: _UP4_AACCGATAAGGATGTGACCC
• BKK00450 ([gene|358EACB735F46F7DBA2F2A132177939D80140477|sspF]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK00450 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CAAACGAAACAACTCCTTTT, downstream forward: _UP4_AACCGATAAGGATGTGACCC

References

• 8982008,6205155,30782632