SspF

• Description: small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)
  
  

Gene name	sspF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)
Function	protection of spore DNA
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: sspF
MW, pI	6 kDa, 9.647
Gene length, protein length	183 bp, 61 aa
Immediate neighbours	veg, ispE
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00450

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: alpha/beta-type SASP 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:

• UniProt: P37549

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sspF PubMed

• Expression browser: sspF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation: switched on during stage III of sporulation PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

C A Loshon, P Kraus, B Setlow, P Setlow
Effects of inactivation or overexpression of the sspF gene on properties of Bacillus subtilis spores.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(1);272-5
[PubMed:8982008] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M A Stephens, N Lang, K Sandman, R Losick
A promoter whose utilization is temporally regulated during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1984, 176(3);333-48
[PubMed:6205155] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)