GerE

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  • Description: transcriptional regulator required for the expression of SigK-dependent late spore coat genes

Gene name gerE
Synonyms
Essential no
Product transcriptional regulator (LuxR-FixJ family)
Function regulation of SigK-dependent gene expression
MW, pI 8 kDa, 9.635
Gene length, protein length 222 bp, 74 aa
Immediate neighbours ysmB, ysmA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
GerE context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU28410

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: LuxR-FixJ family of transcription regulators
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Genes controlled by GerE

lipC, surC

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization:

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Patrick Eichenberger, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Erin M Conlon, David Z Rudner, Stephanie T Wang, Caitlin Ferguson, Koki Haga, Tsutomu Sato, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The program of gene transcription for a single differentiating cell type during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
PLoS Biol: 2004, 2(10);e328
[PubMed:15383836] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ritsuko Kuwana, Satoko Yamamura, Hiromi Ikejiri, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara, Kei Asai, Yoshito Sadaie, Hiromu Takamatsu, Kazuhito Watabe
Bacillus subtilis spoVIF (yjcC) gene, involved in coat assembly and spore resistance.
Microbiology (Reading): 2003, 149(Pt 10);3011-3021
[PubMed:14523132] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dinene L Crater, Kathryn H Wade, Orna Resnekov, H Travis Ichikawa, Lee Kroos, James A Brannigan, Charles P Moran
A mutation in GerE that affects cotC promoter activation in Bacillus subtilis.
Biochim Biophys Acta: 2002, 1576(1-2);30-8
[PubMed:12031481] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dinene L Crater, Charles P Moran
Two regions of GerE required for promoter activation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(1);241-9
[PubMed:11741866] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D L Crater, C P Moran
Identification of a DNA binding region in GerE from Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(14);4183-9
[PubMed:11418558] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Reischl, S Thake, G Homuth, W Schumann
Transcriptional analysis of three Bacillus subtilis genes coding for proteins with the alpha-crystallin domain characteristic of small heat shock proteins.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2001, 194(1);99-103
[PubMed:11150673] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K H Wade, G Schyns, J A Opdyke, C P Moran
A region of sigmaK involved in promoter activation by GerE in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(14);4365-73
[PubMed:10400595] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

I Bagyan, B Setlow, P Setlow
New small, acid-soluble proteins unique to spores of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the coding genes and regulation and function of two of these genes.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(24);6704-12
[PubMed:9852018] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Roels, R Losick
Adjacent and divergently oriented operons under the control of the sporulation regulatory protein GerE in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(21);6263-75
[PubMed:7592393] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C D Webb, A Decatur, A Teleman, R Losick
Use of green fluorescent protein for visualization of cell-specific gene expression and subcellular protein localization during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(20);5906-11
[PubMed:7592342] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Sacco, E Ricca, R Losick, S Cutting
An additional GerE-controlled gene encoding an abundant spore coat protein from Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(2);372-7
[PubMed:7814326] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J Zhang, H Ichikawa, R Halberg, L Kroos, A I Aronson
Regulation of the transcription of a cluster of Bacillus subtilis spore coat genes.
J Mol Biol: 1994, 240(5);405-15
[PubMed:7519271] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Zheng, R Halberg, S Roels, H Ichikawa, L Kroos, R Losick
Sporulation regulatory protein GerE from Bacillus subtilis binds to and can activate or repress transcription from promoters for mother-cell-specific genes.
J Mol Biol: 1992, 226(4);1037-50
[PubMed:1518043] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L B Zheng, R Losick
Cascade regulation of spore coat gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1990, 212(4);645-60
[PubMed:1691789] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Cutting, S Panzer, R Losick
Regulatory studies on the promoter for a gene governing synthesis and assembly of the spore coat in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1989, 207(2);393-404
[PubMed:2474075] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K Sandman, L Kroos, S Cutting, P Youngman, R Losick
Identification of the promoter for a spore coat protein gene in Bacillus subtilis and studies on the regulation of its induction at a late stage of sporulation.
J Mol Biol: 1988, 200(3);461-73
[PubMed:3135411] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)