YtxO

• Description: spore coat protein
  
  

Gene name	ytxO
Synonyms	ytbB
Essential	no
Product	spore coat protein
Function	protection of the spore
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ytxO
MW, pI	16 kDa, 4.402
Gene length, protein length	429 bp, 143 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytcC, cotS
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon, GerE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30890

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:

• Cofactors:

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • outer spore coat PubMed
  • localization depends on CotE PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P46916

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cotSA-cotS-ytxO PubMed

• Expression browser: ytxO PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Peter T McKenney, Adam Driks, Patrick Eichenberger
The Bacillus subtilis endospore: assembly and functions of the multilayered coat.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2013, 11(1);33-44
[PubMed:23202530] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)