GerM
- Description: germination (cortex hydrolysis) and sporulation
| Gene name | gerM |
| Synonyms | |
| Essential | no |
| Product | unknown |
| Function | germination (cortex hydrolysis) and sporulation |
| MW, pI | 39 kDa, 4.683 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1098 bp, 366 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | rph, racE |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU28380
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:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization:
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry: P39072
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulation: repressed by casamino acids 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
Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Knut Büttner, Rüdiger Bode, Michael Hecker
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression modulated by amino acid availability.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(15);4288-95
[PubMed:12107147]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
G M Slynn, R L Sammons, D A Smith, A Moir, B M Corfe
Molecular genetical and phenotypical analysis of the gerM spore germination gene of Bacillus subtilis 168.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 1994, 121(3);315-20
[PubMed:7926687]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
