essential for the uptake of the 1:1 chelate of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (DPA(2,6)) and Ca(2 ) into developing spores, likely germination protein
function
likely germination protein
product
binding protein for DPA
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.4|Germination] → [category|SW 4.2.4.2|Additional germination proteins][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins]Gene
Coordinates
2,440,775 → 2,441,791
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
maybe involved in spore [SW|germination] [Pubmed|22327596]binding of both DPA(2,6) and Ca(2 )-DPA(2,6) [Pubmed|22328679]Structure
[PDB|3LM6][SW|Localization]
outer surface of the inner spore membrane [Pubmed|23335419,16077113]Additional information
6,500 molecules are present per spore [Pubmed|23749970]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|5410018998EC9792A69CF0D9C438EEF5AC8A82C5|spoVAA]-[gene|AEC70413BDC29F435776D532E7049AA9A0BD893D|spoVAB]-[gene|B280951A232E941FB0A6C8834049765BE1E16437|spoVAC]-[gene|9531F0A0DC4AE5696FFBAC9C2A773F15840E3255|spoVAD]-[gene|31D6CB7EC20C39C1815CA4552B8B9C4BE304E86B|spoVAEB]-[gene|B44529B69769D7AF1010E06C95E398EA91A3E798|spoVAEA]-[gene|CBE5093DFBBCE25071CCE12408BC9AFF7A158C03|spoVAF]-[gene|02F1C926D200DE85C93A0ACEF23AD25FBD12B0BD|lysA]
description
[Pubmed|7934830]
sigma factors
[protein|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15699190,1903432], in [regulon|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG regulon]regulatory mechanism
[protein|01EF886D3D004EA9B22AC5E75D50FF07D8631E68|SpoVT]: activation, [Pubmed|8755877], in [regulon|01EF886D3D004EA9B22AC5E75D50FF07D8631E68|SpoVT regulon]regulation
expressed late during sporulation in the forespore ([protein|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG], [SW|SpoVT]) [Pubmed|15699190,1903432,8755877]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
BKE23410 (Δ[gene|9531F0A0DC4AE5696FFBAC9C2A773F15840E3255|spoVAD]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE23410 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_TGTTAATTTCATTTTCTTCT, downstream forward: _UP4_GAGCGTGCAGGAGGTGCATCBKK23410 (Δ[gene|9531F0A0DC4AE5696FFBAC9C2A773F15840E3255|spoVAD]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK23410 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_TGTTAATTTCATTTTCTTCT, downstream forward: _UP4_GAGCGTGCAGGAGGTGCATCLabs working on this gene/protein
[SW|Peter Setlow], University of Connecticut Health Center, USAReferences
17573930,3114420,16077113,11751839,15451103,3926949,17158659,6432957,22328679,7934830,15699190,1903432,8755877,22327596,22328679,22493018,23335419,23746146,22343299,23749970,24752279,26731423