GerW

• Description: germination protein, essential for germination in response to L-alanine
  
  

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 This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

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

• no germination in response to l-alanine PubMed

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:
  • in the dormant spore PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34806

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ytfI-gerW PubMed

• Expression browser: gerW PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigF PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: