sspP

probable small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)

locus: BSU_17980

pI: 10.99

mw: 5.30 kDa

protein length: 48 aa

gene length: 147 bp

function: protection of spore DNA

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

essential: no

synonyms: cotL

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: 1,926,128 1,926,274

The protein

Protein family

• sspP family (single member, according to UniProt)

[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]

additional information

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

Biological materials

Mutant

• BKE17980 ([gene|6C0BA5B55EE5CF737C4E263BFFF760374054C6AE|sspP]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE17980 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATAAAATGAGAACCTCCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAAAAGCAGACCTTAGT
• BKK17980 ([gene|6C0BA5B55EE5CF737C4E263BFFF760374054C6AE|sspP]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK17980 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATAAAATGAGAACCTCCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAAAAGCAGACCTTAGT

References

• 10806362,30782632