SpoVB

• Description: involved in spore cortex peptidoglycan synthesis
  
  

Gene name	spoVB
Synonyms	spoIIIF
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	spore cortex peptidoglycan synthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: spoVB
MW, pI	55 kDa, 10.191
Gene length, protein length	1554 bp, 518 aa
Immediate neighbours	comN, yrbG
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

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU27670

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU27670

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: polysaccharide synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YabM, YkvU, YtgP

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU27670

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q00758

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: spoVB PubMed

• Expression browser: spoVB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE, SpoIIID) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • • SpoIIID: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Allison Fay, Jonathan Dworkin
Bacillus subtilis homologs of MviN (MurJ), the putative Escherichia coli lipid II flippase, are not essential for growth.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(19);6020-8
[PubMed:19666716] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Pradeep Vasudevan, Jessica McElligott, Christa Attkisson, Michael Betteken, David L Popham
Homologues of the Bacillus subtilis SpoVB protein are involved in cell wall metabolism.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(19);6012-9
[PubMed:19648239] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Patrick Eichenberger, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Erin M Conlon, David Z Rudner, Stephanie T Wang, Caitlin Ferguson, Koki Haga, Tsutomu Sato, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The program of gene transcription for a single differentiating cell type during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
PLoS Biol: 2004, 2(10);e328
[PubMed:15383836] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

D L Popham, P Stragier
Cloning, characterization, and expression of the spoVB gene of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1991, 173(24);7942-9
[PubMed:1744050] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)