GerD

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  • Description: required for fast repsonse to the presence of germinants

Gene name gerD
Synonyms
Essential no
Product lipoprotein
Function germination
MW, pI 20 kDa, 4.862
Gene length, protein length 555 bp, 185 aa
Immediate neighbours salA, kbaA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
GerD context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU01550

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

Categories containing this gene/protein

germination, membrane proteins

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:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: inner spore membrane, spore coat, cortex, germ cell wall, some GerD is also present in the soluble fraction PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Anne Moir, University of Sheffield, UK

Your additional remarks

References

Wiyada Mongkolthanaruk, Carl Robinson, Anne Moir
Localization of the GerD spore germination protein in the Bacillus subtilis spore.
Microbiology (Reading): 2009, 155(Pt 4);1146-1151
[PubMed:19332816] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Patricia L Pelczar, Peter Setlow
Localization of the germination protein GerD to the inner membrane in Bacillus subtilis spores.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(16);5635-41
[PubMed:18556788] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Patricia L Pelczar, Takao Igarashi, Barbara Setlow, Peter Setlow
Role of GerD in germination of Bacillus subtilis spores.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(3);1090-8
[PubMed:17122337] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E H Kemp, R L Sammons, A Moir, D Sun, P Setlow
Analysis of transcriptional control of the gerD spore germination gene of Bacillus subtilis 168.
J Bacteriol: 1991, 173(15);4646-52
[PubMed:1906867] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J R Yon, R L Sammons, D A Smith
Cloning and sequencing of the gerD gene of Bacillus subtilis.
J Gen Microbiol: 1989, 135(12);3431-45
[PubMed:2517635] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)