sscA

small spore protein

locus: BSU_09958

pI: 5.27

mw: 2.98 kDa

protein length: 28 aa

gene length: 87 bp

function: spore coat assembly

product: small spore protein

essential: no

synonyms: yhzE

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.1|Sporulation proteins] → [category|SW 4.2.1.4|Sporulation proteins/ other]

Gene

Coordinates: 1,071,402 → 1,071,488

Phenotypes of a mutant

• poor [SW|germination]

The protein

Protein family

• [SW|SscA family] (according to UniProt)

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|BF6DA9F822CB6AC907E53BC8745D411245827820|sscA]
  description: [Pubmed|21670523]

  sigma factors

  • [protein|24F7FD5C7C3A68BB2760ABB8CBD8FBD65E5FF7D4|SigK]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|21670523], in [regulon|24F7FD5C7C3A68BB2760ABB8CBD8FBD65E5FF7D4|SigK regulon]

  regulatory mechanism

  • [protein|19228BAD44E6DA3DE908DC390FDF628C18D94E65|GerE]: activation, [Pubmed|21670523], in [regulon|19228BAD44E6DA3DE908DC390FDF628C18D94E65|GerE regulon]

  regulation

  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell ([protein|search|SigK], [protein|search|GerE]) [Pubmed|21670523]

additional information

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

Biological materials

Mutant

• BKE09958 (Δ[gene|BF6DA9F822CB6AC907E53BC8745D411245827820|sscA]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE09958 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTTACATACCTCCTTTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGCAGCCCGAGGATCGCT
• BKK09958 (Δ[gene|BF6DA9F822CB6AC907E53BC8745D411245827820|sscA]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK09958 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTTACATACCTCCTTTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGCAGCCCGAGGATCGCT

References

• 20156992,21670523,30782632