sspP

sspP
168

probable small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)

Locus
BSU_17980
Molecular weight
5.30 kDa
Isoelectric point
10.99
Protein length
48 aaSequenceBlast
Gene length
147 bpSequenceBlast
Function
protection of spore DNA
Product
probable small acid-soluble spore protein (minor)
Essential
no
Synonyms
sspP, cotL
Outlinks
BsubCyc SubtiList UniProt STRING Genoscapist PaperBLAST

Genomic Context

Categories containing this gene/protein

List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG5861 (Galperin et al., 2021)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Gene
Coordinates
1,926,128  1,926,274
The protein
Protein family
sspP family (single member, according to UniProt)
Structure
P71032 (AlphaFold)
Localization
spore core (according to Swiss-Prot)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Genes
sspO-sspP
Description
PubMed
Regulation
expressed late during sporulation in the forespore (SigG) PubMed
Sigma factors
SigG: sigma factor, PubMed, in sigG regulon
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sspO→sspP

2025-03-10 21:55:29

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Additional information
the mRNA belongs to the 46 most abundant mRNA species in dormant spores PubMed
Biological materials
Mutant
BKE17980 (sspP::erm  trpC2) available at BGSC,  PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATAAAATGAGAACCTCCTT,  downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAAAAGCAGACCTTAGT
BKK17980 (sspP::kan  trpC2) available at BGSC,  PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATAAAATGAGAACCTCCTT,  downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAAAAGCAGACCTTAGT
References
Korza G, Camilleri E, Green J, Robinson J, Nagler K, Moeller R, Caimano MJ, Setlow P Analysis of the Messenger RNAs in Spores of . Journal of bacteriology. 2019 Feb 19; . pii:JB.00007-19. doi:10.1128/JB.00007-19. PMID:30782632
Cabrera-Hernandez A, Setlow P Analysis of the regulation and function of five genes encoding small, acid-soluble spore proteins of Bacillus subtilis. Gene. 2000 May 02; 248(1-2):169-81. . PMID:10806362

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