SapB

• Description: a specific mutant activates alkaline phosphatase during sporulation independently of SigF and SigE
  
  

Gene name	sapB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: sapB
MW, pI	25 kDa, 9.484
Gene length, protein length	696 bp, 232 aa
Immediate neighbours	yerI, opuE
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

phosphate metabolism, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU06650

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: mgtC/sapB family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q45514

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sapB PubMed

• Expression browser: sapB PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Michael B Whalen, Patrick J Piggot
Gain-of-function mutation of sapB that affects formation of alkaline phosphatase by Bacillus subtilis in sporulation conditions.
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 2);577-583
[PubMed:9043134] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)