GerD

• Description: required for fast repsonse to the presence of germinants
  
  

Gene name	gerD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	lipoprotein
Function	germination
MW, pI	20 kDa, 4.862
Gene length, protein length	555 bp, 185 aa
Immediate neighbours	salA, kbaA
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

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: inner spore membrane, spore coat, cortex, germ cell wall, some GerD is also present in the soluble fraction

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: available in Anne Moir lab

Labs working on this gene/protein

Anne Moir, University of Sheffield, UK

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed