SspF

• Description: minor small acid-soluble spore protein
  
  

Gene name	sspF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	small acid-soluble spore protein (alpha/beta-type SASP)
Function	protection of spore DNA
MW, pI	6 kDa, 9.647
Gene length, protein length	183 bp, 61 aa
Immediate neighbours	veg, ispE
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sspF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation: switched on during stage III of sporulation PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Stephens et al. (1984) A promoter whose utilization is temporally regulated during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. J. Mol. Biol. 176: 333-348. PubMed