YtrI

• Description: spore cortex formation
  
  

Gene name	ytrI
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	sporulation protein
Function	spore cortex formation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ytrI
MW, pI	19 kDa, 8.066
Gene length, protein length	501 bp, 167 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytrH, ytzJ
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29240

Phenotypes of a mutant

pdaB ytrI double mutants are deficient in sporulation

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34460

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ytrH-ytrI PubMed

• Expression browser: ytrI 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:

References

Jessica M Silvaggi, David L Popham, Adam Driks, Patrick Eichenberger, Richard Losick
Unmasking novel sporulation genes in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(23);8089-95
[PubMed:15547282] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Patrick Eichenberger, Shane T Jensen, Erin M Conlon, Christiaan van Ooij, Jessica Silvaggi, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Masaya Fujita, Sigal Ben-Yehuda, Patrick Stragier, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The sigmaE regulon and the identification of additional sporulation genes in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2003, 327(5);945-72
[PubMed:12662922] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)