TABLE 3.
Protein | Length (amino acids) | Identity/ similarity/alignmenta | Membrane span predictionb | Operon predictionc | Expressionc |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SpoVB | 518 | 12-14 | No | Mother cell, σE | |
YabM | 532 | 26/48/339 | 12-14 | Probable yabMNO | Weak vegetative |
YkvU | 445 | 30/52/450 | 10-12 | ykvUV | Mother cell, σE |
YtgP | 544 | 23/45/421 | 13-14 | No | Vegetative |
Values are percent amino acid identity/percent amino acid similarity/total length of the alignment (amino acids) with B. subtilis SpoVB, determined using BlastP.
Predictions of membrane-spanning helices were produced using five different software packages. The ranges of predictions are shown.