GerBC

• Description: lipoprotein, nutrient receptor, germination response to the combination of glucose, fructose, and KCl
  
  

Gene name	gerBC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	nutrient receptor
Function	germination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerBC
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: GerBC
MW, pI	42 kDa, 9.06
Gene length, protein length	1122 bp, 374 aa
Immediate neighbours	gerBB, ywtG
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

germination, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35820

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:
  • has an N-terminal signal sequence, lipidated on a Cys residue adjacent to the signal peptide PubMed

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • GerBA-GerBB-GerBC (tentative receptor complex) PubMed
  • GerBC is part of the germinosome in the spore inner membrane PubMed

• Localization:
  • outer surface of the inner spore membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 3N54 PubMed

• UniProt: P39571

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerBA-gerBB-gerBC PubMed

• Expression browser: gerBC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the forespore (SigG) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed