GerW

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Gene name gerW
Synonyms ytfJ
Essential no
Product germination protein
Function germination in response to L-alanine
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerW
MW, pI 16 kDa, 4.988
Gene length, protein length 453 bp, 151 aa
Immediate neighbours tpx, ytfI
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
YtfJ context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

germination

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigF regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU29500

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
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Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed early during sporulation in the forespore (SigF) PubMed
    • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
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  • lacZ fusion:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Ritsuko Kuwana, Hiromu Takamatsu
The GerW protein is essential for L-alanine-stimulated germination of Bacillus subtilis spores.
J Biochem: 2013, 154(5);409-17
[PubMed:23921501] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Stephanie T Wang, Barbara Setlow, Erin M Conlon, Jessica L Lyon, Daisuke Imamura, Tsutomu Sato, Peter Setlow, Richard Losick, Patrick Eichenberger
The forespore line of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2006, 358(1);16-37
[PubMed:16497325] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Knut Büttner, Rüdiger Bode, Michael Hecker
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression modulated by amino acid availability.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(15);4288-95
[PubMed:12107147] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Alia Lapidus, Nathalie Galleron, Alexei Sorokin, S Dusko Ehrlich
Sequencing and functional annotation of the Bacillus subtilis genes in the 200 kb rrnB-dnaB region.
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 11);3431-3441
[PubMed:9387221] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)