YkvU

• Description: spore cortex membrane protein, required for germination at high pressure
  
  

Gene name	ykvU
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	spore cortex membrane protein
Function	germination at high pressure
MW, pI	49 kDa, 9.551
Gene length, protein length	1335 bp, 445 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykvT, stoA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13830

Phenotypes of a mutant

Mutants lacking YtgP produce long cells and chains of cells, suggesting a role in cell division. PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): SpoVB, YabM, YtgP

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31686

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Pradeep Vasudevan, Jessica McElligott, Christa Attkisson, Michael Betteken, David L Popham
Homologues of the Bacillus subtilis SpoVB protein are involved in cell wall metabolism.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(19);6012-9
[PubMed:19648239] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Abram Aertsen, Isabelle Van Opstal, Suzy C Vanmuysen, Elke Y Wuytack, Chris W Michiels
Screening for Bacillus subtilis mutants deficient in pressure induced spore germination: identification of ykvU as a novel germination gene.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2005, 243(2);385-91
[PubMed:15686839] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)