sspE
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small acid-soluble spore protein (major gamma-type SASP)
Locus
BSU_08660
Molecular weight
9.13 kDa
Isoelectric point
8.94
Function
protection of spore DNA
Product
small acid-soluble spore protein (major gamma-type SASP)
Essential
no
Synonyms
sspE
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG5853 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
937,900 938,154
The protein
Protein family
gamma-type SASP family (single member, according to UniProt)
Structure
Modification
phosphorylated on Arg-16 PubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Description
Regulation
repressed by casamino acids PubMed
Regulatory mechanism
SpoVT: repression, in spoVT regulon
YfhP: repression, in yfhP regulon
Sigma factors
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Description
Regulation
expression is constitutive throughout growth PubMed
Regulatory mechanism
YfhP: repression, in yfhP regulon
Sigma factors
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Additional information
the mRNA belongs to the 46 most abundant mRNA species in dormant spores PubMed
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-C365 (sspE::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
References
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Time of last update: 2025-04-16 23:27:00
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