GerKC

• Description: nutrient receptor
  
  

Gene name	gerKC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	nutrient receptor
Function	germination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerKC
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: GerKC
MW, pI	45 kDa, 9.038
Gene length, protein length	1221 bp, 407 aa
Immediate neighbours	gerKA, gerKB
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, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon, SpoVT regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03710

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: gerABKC lipoprotein family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • GerKA-GerKB-GerKC (tentative receptor complex) PubMed
  • GerKC is part of the germinosome in the spore inner membrane PubMed

• Localization:
  • spore inner membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P49941

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerKA-gerKC-gerKB (according to DBTBS)

• Expression browser: gerKC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed during sporulation (SigG, SpoVT) 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