GerKD
| Gene name | gerKD |
| Synonyms | yczF |
| Essential | no |
| Product | D protein for the GerKA-GerKB-GerKC germinant receptor |
| Function | germination |
| Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerKD | |
| MW, pI | 8 kDa, 10.011 |
| Gene length, protein length | 219 bp, 73 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | yclG, gerKA |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Expression at a glance PubMed
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
membrane proteins, germination
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU03690
Phenotypes of a mutant
- faster germination with the AGFK germinant mixture PubMed
- higher sensitivity to AGFK germinants (germination at lower concentrations) PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
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:
- membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: O31479
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation:
- expressed during sporulation in the forespore (SigG) 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
Arturo Ramirez-Peralta, Srishti Gupta, Xuan Yi Butzin, Barbara Setlow, George Korza, Marco-Antonio Leyva-Vazquez, Graham Christie, Peter Setlow
Identification of new proteins that modulate the germination of spores of bacillus species.
J Bacteriol: 2013, 195(13);3009-21
[PubMed:23625846]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Pierre Nicolas, Ulrike Mäder, Etienne Dervyn, Tatiana Rochat, Aurélie Leduc, Nathalie Pigeonneau, Elena Bidnenko, Elodie Marchadier, Mark Hoebeke, Stéphane Aymerich, Dörte Becher, Paola Bisicchia, Eric Botella, Olivier Delumeau, Geoff Doherty, Emma L Denham, Mark J Fogg, Vincent Fromion, Anne Goelzer, Annette Hansen, Elisabeth Härtig, Colin R Harwood, Georg Homuth, Hanne Jarmer, Matthieu Jules, Edda Klipp, Ludovic Le Chat, François Lecointe, Peter Lewis, Wolfram Liebermeister, Anika March, Ruben A T Mars, Priyanka Nannapaneni, David Noone, Susanne Pohl, Bernd Rinn, Frank Rügheimer, Praveen K Sappa, Franck Samson, Marc Schaffer, Benno Schwikowski, Leif Steil, Jörg Stülke, Thomas Wiegert, Kevin M Devine, Anthony J Wilkinson, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Michael Hecker, Uwe Völker, Philippe Bessières, Philippe Noirot
Condition-dependent transcriptome reveals high-level regulatory architecture in Bacillus subtilis.
Science: 2012, 335(6072);1103-6
[PubMed:22383849]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
