SpoVK

• Description: required for spore maturation
  
  

Gene name	spoVK
Synonyms	spoVJ
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	spore maturation
MW, pI	36 kDa, 8.825
Gene length, protein length	966 bp, 322 aa
Immediate neighbours	cwlC, ynbA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU17420

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: cbxX/cfxQ family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P27643

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

N Fan, S Cutting, R Losick
Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis sporulation gene spoVK.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(3);1053-4
[PubMed:1732196] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D Foulger, J Errington
Sequential activation of dual promoters by different sigma factors maintains spoVJ expression during successive developmental stages of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1991, 5(6);1363-73
[PubMed:1787791] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J Errington, L Wootten, J C Dunkerley, D Foulger
Differential gene expression during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the spoVJ gene.
Mol Microbiol: 1989, 3(8);1053-60
[PubMed:2514336] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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