GerBB

• Description: nutrient receptor, germination response to the combination of glucose, fructose, and KCl
  
  

Gene name	gerBB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	nutrient receptor
Function	germination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerBB
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: GerBB
MW, pI	41 kDa, 9.889
Gene length, protein length	1104 bp, 368 aa
Immediate neighbours	gerBA, gerBC
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

germination, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35810

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:
  • amino acid, polyamine, organocation (APC) superfamily of transporters, TC 2.A.3

• Paralogous protein(s): GerAB, GerKB, YndE

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • GerBA-GerBB-GerBC (tentative receptor complex) PubMed
  • GerBB is part of the germinosome in the spore inner membrane PubMed

• Localization:
  • spore inner membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39570

• KEGG entry: [3]

• T.C. number: 2.A.3.9.2

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerBA-gerBB-gerBC PubMed

• Expression browser: gerBB 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:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Jing-qiao Zhang, Keren K Griffiths, Ann Cowan, Peter Setlow, Ji Yu
Expression level of Bacillus subtilis germinant receptors determines the average rate but not the heterogeneity of spore germination.
J Bacteriol: 2013, 195(8);1735-40
[PubMed:23396907] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Keren K Griffiths, Jingqiao Zhang, Ann E Cowan, Ji Yu, Peter Setlow
Germination proteins in the inner membrane of dormant Bacillus subtilis spores colocalize in a discrete cluster.
Mol Microbiol: 2011, 81(4);1061-77
[PubMed:21696470] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Swaroopa Atluri, Katerina Ragkousi, Donna E Cortezzo, Peter Setlow
Cooperativity between different nutrient receptors in germination of spores of Bacillus subtilis and reduction of this cooperativity by alterations in the GerB receptor.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(1);28-36
[PubMed:16352818] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Takao Igarashi, Peter Setlow
Interaction between individual protein components of the GerA and GerB nutrient receptors that trigger germination of Bacillus subtilis spores.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(7);2513-8
[PubMed:15774895] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Rosa-Martha Cabrera-Martinez, Federico Tovar-Rojo, Venkata Ramana Vepachedu, Peter Setlow
Effects of overexpression of nutrient receptors on germination of spores of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(8);2457-64
[PubMed:12670969] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Paidhungat, P Setlow
Isolation and characterization of mutations in Bacillus subtilis that allow spore germination in the novel germinant D-alanine.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(11);3341-50
[PubMed:10348844] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

B M Corfe, A Moir, D Popham, P Setlow
Analysis of the expression and regulation of the gerB spore germination operon of Bacillus subtilis 168.
Microbiology (Reading): 1994, 140 ( Pt 11);3079-83
[PubMed:7812448] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

B M Corfe, R L Sammons, D A Smith, C Mauël
The gerB region of the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome encodes a homologue of the gerA spore germination operon.
Microbiology (Reading): 1994, 140 ( Pt 3);471-8
[PubMed:8012571] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)