GerM

• Description: germination (cortex hydrolysis) and sporulation
  
  

Gene name	gerM
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	germination (cortex hydrolysis) and sporulation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerM
MW, pI	39 kDa, 4.683
Gene length, protein length	1098 bp, 366 aa
Immediate neighbours	rph, racE
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

germination

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28380

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39072

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerM PubMed

• Expression browser: gerM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE, SpoIIID) PubMed
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoIIID: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: