SafA

• Description: morphogenetic protein associated with SpoVID, major organizer of the inner spore coat
  
  

Gene name	safA
Synonyms	yrbA
Essential	no
Product	morphogenetic protein
Function	spore coat formation
MW, pI	43 kDa, 5.753
Gene length, protein length	1161 bp, 387 aa
Immediate neighbours	coxA, nadA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU27840

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

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: SpoVID-SafA PubMed, SpoIVA-SafA PubMed

• Localization: spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O32062

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: safA-coxA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

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

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Adriano Henriques, Lisbon, Portugal homepage
• Charles Moran, Emory University, NC, USA homepage

References

Peter T McKenney, Adam Driks, Haig A Eskandarian, Paul Grabowski, Jonathan Guberman, Katherine H Wang, Zemer Gitai, Patrick Eichenberger
A distance-weighted interaction map reveals a previously uncharacterized layer of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
Curr Biol: 2010, 20(10);934-8
[PubMed:20451384] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Teresa Costa, Anabela L Isidro, Charles P Moran, Adriano O Henriques
Interaction between coat morphogenetic proteins SafA and SpoVID.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(22);7731-41
[PubMed:16950916] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A J Ozin, C S Samford, A O Henriques, C P Moran
SpoVID guides SafA to the spore coat in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(10);3041-9
[PubMed:11325931] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A J Ozin, T Costa, A O Henriques, C P Moran
Alternative translation initiation produces a short form of a spore coat protein in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(6);2032-40
[PubMed:11222602] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A J Ozin, A O Henriques, H Yi, C P Moran
Morphogenetic proteins SpoVID and SafA form a complex during assembly of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(7);1828-33
[PubMed:10714986] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Takamatsu, T Kodama, T Nakayama, K Watabe
Characterization of the yrbA gene of Bacillus subtilis, involved in resistance and germination of spores.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(16);4986-94
[PubMed:10438771] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)