YknT

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	yknT
Synonyms	cse15
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	protection of the spore
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yknT
MW, pI	37 kDa, 7.162
Gene length, protein length	963 bp, 321 aa
Immediate neighbours	rok, mobA
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

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon, SpoIIID regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14250

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:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • spore coat PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 1KNV (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• UniProt: O31700

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yknT PubMed

• Expression browser: yknT PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE, SpoIIID) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoIIID: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Peter T McKenney, Patrick Eichenberger
Dynamics of spore coat morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 83(2);245-60
[PubMed:22171814] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Leif Steil, Mónica Serrano, Adriano O Henriques, Uwe Völker
Genome-wide analysis of temporally regulated and compartment-specific gene expression in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2005, 151(Pt 2);399-420
[PubMed:15699190] [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)

A O Henriques, E M Bryan, B W Beall, C P Moran
cse15, cse60, and csk22 are new members of mother-cell-specific sporulation regulons in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(2);389-98
[PubMed:8990290] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)