GerT

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  • Description: spore coat protein, involved in germination

Gene name gerT
Synonyms yozR
Essential no
Product spore coat protein
Function germination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerT
MW, pI 18 kDa, 6.342
Gene length, protein length 471 bp, 157 aa
Immediate neighbours yojE, yojC
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YozR context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins, germination, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU19490

Phenotypes of a mutant

  • mutants respond poorly to multiple germinants, impaired in early stage of germination PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: eamA transporter family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization:
    • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), first assembled in foci, then spread around the developing spore in a CotE-dependent manner PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon: gerT (according to DBTBS)
  • Regulation:
    • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed
  • 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

Caitlin C Ferguson, Amy H Camp, Richard Losick
gerT, a newly discovered germination gene under the control of the sporulation transcription factor sigmaK in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(21);7681-9
[PubMed:17720779] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)