SafA

• Description: morphogenetic protein associated with SpoVID
  
  

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]

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

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O32062

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:

• 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