GerKC

• Description: nutrient receptor
  
  

Gene name	gerKC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	nutrient receptor
Function	germination
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: GerKC
MW, pI	45 kDa, 9.038
Gene length, protein length	1221 bp, 407 aa
Immediate neighbours	gerKA, gerKB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

germination, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon, SpoVT regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03710

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: gerABKC lipoprotein family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • GerKA-GerKB-GerKC (tentative receptor complex) PubMed
  • GerKC is part of the germinosome in the spore inner membrane PubMed

• Localization:
  • spore inner membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P49941

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerKA-gerKC-gerKB (according to DBTBS)

• Expression browser: gerKC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed during sporulation (SigG, SpoVT) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoVT: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed