SspF

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  • Description: small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)

Gene name sspF
Synonyms
Essential no
Product small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)
Function protection of spore DNA
MW, pI 6 kDa, 9.647
Gene length, protein length 183 bp, 61 aa
Immediate neighbours veg, ispE
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
SspF context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU00450

Expression

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: alpha/beta-type SASP family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: switched on during stage III of sporulation PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

C A Loshon, P Kraus, B Setlow, P Setlow
Effects of inactivation or overexpression of the sspF gene on properties of Bacillus subtilis spores.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(1);272-5
[PubMed:8982008] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M A Stephens, N Lang, K Sandman, R Losick
A promoter whose utilization is temporally regulated during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1984, 176(3);333-48
[PubMed:6205155] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)