GerPE

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  • Description: spore germination protein, facilitates access of nutrient germinants to their cognate germinant receptors in spores’ inner membrane

Gene name gerPE
Synonyms yisD
Essential no
Product unknown
Function germination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerPE
MW, pI 14 kDa, 10.709
Gene length, protein length 399 bp, 133 aa
Immediate neighbours gerPF, gerPD
Sequences Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context
GerPE context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

germination

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU10680

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
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  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK) PubMed
    • subject to negative regulation by GerE PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Additional publications: PubMed

J Behravan, H Chirakkal, A Masson, A Moir
Mutations in the gerP locus of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus affect access of germinants to their targets in spores.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(7);1987-94
[PubMed:10715007] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)