YtaF

• Description: sporulation protein
  
  

Gene name	ytaF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	sporulation protein
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ytaF
MW, pI	17 kDa, 9.791
Gene length, protein length	477 bp, 159 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytaG, mutM
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, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29070

Phenotypes of a mutant

• strongly reduced sporulation efficiency (10% as compared to wild type) PubMed
• block in stage III of sporulation (engulfment of the forespore) PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains: 4 potential transmembrane domains PubMed

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: C0SP79

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: ytaF 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

Ana B Abecasis, Mónica Serrano, Renato Alves, Leonor Quintais, José B Pereira-Leal, Adriano O Henriques
A genomic signature and the identification of new sporulation genes.
J Bacteriol: 2013, 195(9);2101-15
[PubMed:23396918] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)