GerKD

• Description: D protein for the GerKA-GerKB-GerKC germinant receptor
  
  

Gene name	gerKD
Synonyms	yczF
Essential	no
Product	D protein for the GerKA-GerKB-GerKC germinant receptor
Function	germination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gerKD
MW, pI	8 kDa, 10.011
Gene length, protein length	219 bp, 73 aa
Immediate neighbours	yclG, gerKA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

membrane proteins, germination

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigG regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03690

Phenotypes of a mutant

• faster germination with the AGFK germinant mixture PubMed
• higher sensitivity to AGFK germinants (germination at lower concentrations) PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

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:
  • membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31479

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gerKD PubMed

• Expression browser: gerKD PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed during sporulation in the forespore (SigG) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: