SscA

• Description: small spore protein
  
  

Gene name	sscA
Synonyms	yhzE
Essential	no
Product	small spore protein
Function	spore coat assembly
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: sscA
MW, pI	2.98 kDa, 5.274
Gene length, protein length	84 bp, 28 aa
Immediate neighbours	prsA, yhaJ
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context File:YhzE context.gif
[None Expression at a glance]   PubMed 500px

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon, GerE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU09958

Phenotypes of a mutant

• poor germination

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: no entry

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:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: C0H3Y2

• KEGG entry:

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sscA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Takeko Kodama, Takeshi Matsubayashi, Tadayoshi Yanagihara, Hiroyuki Komoto, Katsutoshi Ara, Katsuya Ozaki, Ritsuko Kuwana, Daisuke Imamura, Hiromu Takamatsu, Kazuhito Watabe, Junichi Sekiguchi
A novel small protein of Bacillus subtilis involved in spore germination and spore coat assembly.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2011, 75(6);1119-28
[PubMed:21670523] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Elizabeth M Fozo, Kira S Makarova, Svetlana A Shabalina, Natalya Yutin, Eugene V Koonin, Gisela Storz
Abundance of type I toxin-antitoxin systems in bacteria: searches for new candidates and discovery of novel families.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2010, 38(11);3743-59
[PubMed:20156992] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)