GerAA

• Description: nutrient receptor, germination response to L-alanine
  
  

Gene name	gerAA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	nutrient receptor
Function	germination response to L-alanine
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: GerAA
MW, pI	53 kDa, 8.801
Gene length, protein length	1446 bp, 482 aa
Immediate neighbours	yvzF, gerAB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

germination, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigF regulon, SigG regulon, SpoVT regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33050

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: gerABKA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • GerAA-GerAB-GerAC (tentative receptor complex) PubMed
  • GerAA is part of the germinosome in the spore inner membrane PubMed

• Localization:
  • spore inner membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P07868

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerAA-gerAB-gerAC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed, SigF PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed during sporulation in the forespore (SigF, SigG, SpoVT) PubMed
  • expression level depends on sporulation conditions (medim composition, temperature) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoVT: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed