ypeB [2017-8-11 16:0:3]

germination protein, essential for SleB assembly in spores

locus: BSU22920

pI: 6.31

mw: 51.02 kDa

protein length: 450 aa

gene length: 1350 bp

function: assembly of SleB

product: germination protein

essential: no

synonyms: joeB, yzuA

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: 2,397,765 → 2,399,117

The protein

Protein family

• ypeB family (according to Swiss-Prot)

[SW|Domains]

• has a membrane-spanning domain in the N-terminal region [Pubmed|23335419]

[SW|Localization]

• outer surface of the inner spore membrane [Pubmed|23335419]

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|92E50EF57FFCB22563B3C3A73B0885CCED8E9692|sleB]-[gene|F17F7F4330F1B3C609B8E32581DA6EAC6C69752B|ypeB]
  description: [Pubmed|15699190,10197998]

  sigma factors

  • [protein|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15699190,10197998], in [regulon|5F24258282F3166B7696B9E9ABC1706E4D06C944|SigG regulon]

  regulation

  • expressed late during sporulation in the forespore ([protein|search|SigG]) [Pubmed|15699190,10197998]

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-A400 (ypeB::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/400 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]

References

• 15699190,10197998,23335419,23543708,24752279,25384476,10658652,12177332,26731423