YeeK

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	yeeK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	unknown
MW, pI	15 kDa, 6.852
Gene length, protein length	435 bp, 145 aa
Immediate neighbours	yeeI, yezE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU06850

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

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: spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot), assembles into the spore integument PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O31510

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

CotE, SafA, and SpoVID are required for proper localization, clolocalizes with YabG PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yeeK PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation: expression startts 5 hrs after the onset of sporulation, activated by GerE PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: