GerPA

• Description: probable spore germination protein
  
  

Gene name	gerPA
Synonyms	yisH
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	germination
MW, pI	7 kDa, 4.464
Gene length, protein length	219 bp, 73 aa
Immediate neighbours	gerPB, yisI
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU10720

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: gerPA/gerPF family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O06721

• 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

J Behravan, H Chirakkal, A Masson, A Moir
Mutations in the gerP locus of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus affect access of germinants to their targets in spores.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(7);1987-94
[PubMed:10715007] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)