YtrI

• Description: spore cortex formation
  
  

Gene name	ytrI
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	sporulation protein
Function	spore cortex formation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ytrI
MW, pI	19 kDa, 8.066
Gene length, protein length	501 bp, 167 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytrH, ytzJ
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, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29240

Phenotypes of a mutant

pdaB ytrI double mutants are deficient in sporulation

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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34460

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ytrH-ytrI PubMed

• Expression browser: ytrI PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Jessica M Silvaggi, David L Popham, Adam Driks, Patrick Eichenberger, Richard Losick
Unmasking novel sporulation genes in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(23);8089-95
[PubMed:15547282] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Patrick Eichenberger, Shane T Jensen, Erin M Conlon, Christiaan van Ooij, Jessica Silvaggi, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Masaya Fujita, Sigal Ben-Yehuda, Patrick Stragier, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The sigmaE regulon and the identification of additional sporulation genes in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2003, 327(5);945-72
[PubMed:12662922] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)