SpoVD

• Description: mother-cell specific penicillin-binding protein (spore cortex)
  
  

Gene name	spoVD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	penicillin-binding protein (spore cortex)
Function	spore morphogenesis
MW, pI	71 kDa, 8.85
Gene length, protein length	1935 bp, 645 aa
Immediate neighbours	pbpB, murE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15170

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: PASTA domain (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q03524

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: SigE Link to a summary

• Regulation: expressed during sporulation in the mother cell Link to a summary

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

B Zhang, R A Daniel, J Errington, L Kroos
Bacillus subtilis SpoIIID protein binds to two sites in the spoVD promoter and represses transcription by sigmaE RNA polymerase.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(3);972-5
[PubMed:9006059] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R A Daniel, S Drake, C E Buchanan, R Scholle, J Errington
The Bacillus subtilis spoVD gene encodes a mother-cell-specific penicillin-binding protein required for spore morphogenesis.
J Mol Biol: 1994, 235(1);209-20
[PubMed:8289242] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)