YpeB

• Description: germination protein, essential for SleB assembly in spores
  
  

Gene name	ypeB
Synonyms	joeB, yzuA
Essential	no
Product	germination protein
Function	assembly of SleB
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ypeB
MW, pI	51 kDa, 6.31
Gene length, protein length	1350 bp, 450 aa
Immediate neighbours	ypfA, sleB
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

germination, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22920

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ypeB family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:
  • has a membrane-spanning domain in the N-terminal region PubMed

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • outer surface of the inner spore membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P38490

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sleB-ypeB PubMed

• Expression browser: ypeB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the forespore (SigG) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: