ytrI

spore cortex formation

Locus: BSU_29240

Isoelectric point: 8.07

Molecular weight: 19.75 kDa

Protein length: 176 aa

Gene length: 531 bp

Function: spore cortex formation

Product: sporulation protein

Essential: no

Synonyms

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Lifestyles → Sporulation → Sporulation proteins → Sporulation proteins/ other
• Groups of genes → Membrane proteins

Gene

Coordinates: 2,995,067 → 2,995,597

Phenotypes of a mutant

• pdaB ytrI double mutants are deficient in sporulation
• inactivation of ytrI reduces sporulation efficiency to 11.9% that of wild type cells PubMed

The protein

Localization

• cell membrane (according to UniProt)

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: ytrH-ytrI
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigE: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigE regulon

  Regulation

  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE) PubMed

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-A430 (ytrI::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
• BKE29240 (ΔytrI::erm trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_GGTTTTTTGTAATGCTGGGG, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTATGGATTTTTTTTAA
• BKK29240 (ΔytrI::kan trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_GGTTTTTTGTAATGCTGGGG, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTATGGATTTTTTTTAA

References

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