TABLE 1.
B. anthracis and B. subtilis spore germination proteins identified in spore membrane proteomes
| Gene | Function | UniProt no. |
Membrane predictiona | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. subtilis | B. anthracis | |||
| gerAC | Germinant receptor | P07870 | Lipoprotein | |
| gerBC | Germinant receptor | P39571 | Lipoprotein | |
| gerD | Germinant response | P16450 | Q81VP4 | Lipoprotein |
| gerKC | Germinant receptor | P49941 | Lipoprotein | |
| prkC | Peptidoglycan receptor | O34507 | Integral | |
| spoVAC | DPA transport | P40868 | Q81X68 | Integral |
| spoVAD | DPA transport | P40869 | Q81X67 | Peripheral |
| spoVAF | DPA transport | P31845 | Q81MG2 | Integral |
| yfkR | Germinant receptor | O35028 | Lipoprotein | |
| yhcN | Outgrowth | P54598 | Lipoprotein | |
| ypeB | Cortex degradation | P38490 | Q81PQ4 | Integral |
a
The mechanism of membrane association was predicted as described in Materials and Methods.