GerR

• Description: probably DNA-binding protein, regulates transcription of some spore coat genes
  
  

Gene name	gerR
Synonyms	ylbO
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	spore coat formation and resistance of spores to lysozyme
MW, pI	22 kDa, 7.109
Gene length, protein length	579 bp, 193 aa
Immediate neighbours	rpmF, ylbP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15090

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34549

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerR (according to DBTBS)

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE, SpoIIID) PubMed
  • repressed by glucose (3.2-fold) PubMed
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoIIID: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Giuseppina Cangiano, Antonio Mazzone, Loredana Baccigalupi, Rachele Isticato, Patrick Eichenberger, Maurilio De Felice, Ezio Ricca
Direct and indirect control of late sporulation genes by GerR of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(13);3406-13
[PubMed:20435725] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ritsuko Kuwana, Takashi Okumura, Hiromu Takamatsu, Kazuhito Watabe
The ylbO gene product of Bacillus subtilis is involved in the coat development and lysozyme resistance of spore.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2005, 242(1);51-7
[PubMed:15621419] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Patrick Eichenberger, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Erin M Conlon, David Z Rudner, Stephanie T Wang, Caitlin Ferguson, Koki Haga, Tsutomu Sato, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The program of gene transcription for a single differentiating cell type during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
PLoS Biol: 2004, 2(10);e328
[PubMed:15383836] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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)