SafA

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  • Description: morphogenetic protein associated with SpoVID

Gene name safA
Synonyms yrbA
Essential no
Product morphogenetic protein
Function spore coat formation
MW, pI 43 kDa, 5.753
Gene length, protein length 1161 bp, 387 aa
Immediate neighbours coxA, nadA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
SafA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU27840

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:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization: spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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  • Regulation:
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  • 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

Teresa Costa, Anabela L Isidro, Charles P Moran, Adriano O Henriques
Interaction between coat morphogenetic proteins SafA and SpoVID.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(22);7731-41
[PubMed:16950916] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A J Ozin, C S Samford, A O Henriques, C P Moran
SpoVID guides SafA to the spore coat in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(10);3041-9
[PubMed:11325931] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A J Ozin, T Costa, A O Henriques, C P Moran
Alternative translation initiation produces a short form of a spore coat protein in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(6);2032-40
[PubMed:11222602] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A J Ozin, A O Henriques, H Yi, C P Moran
Morphogenetic proteins SpoVID and SafA form a complex during assembly of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(7);1828-33
[PubMed:10714986] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Takamatsu, T Kodama, T Nakayama, K Watabe
Characterization of the yrbA gene of Bacillus subtilis, involved in resistance and germination of spores.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(16);4986-94
[PubMed:10438771] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)