SpmB

• Description: spore maturation protein (spore core dehydratation)
  
  

Gene name	spmB
Synonyms	ypuK
Essential	no
Product	spore maturation protein (spore core dehydratation)
Function	germination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: spmB
MW, pI	18 kDa, 5.496
Gene length, protein length	537 bp, 179 aa
Immediate neighbours	rluB, spmA
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

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23170

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: spmB 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: P35158

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: dacB-spmA-spmB PubMed

• Expression browser: spmB 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

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