Protein Domain : Spore protein YabP IPR012504

Type	Family
Description	This protein family includes Spore protein YabP of the bacterial sporulation program, as found in Bacillus subtilis, Clostridium tetani, and other spore-forming members of the Firmicutes. In B. subtilis, a YabP single mutant appears to sporulate and germinate normally [ ], but is in an operon with YabQ (essential for formation of the spore cortex), it near-universal among endospore-forming bacteria, and is found nowhere else. YabP is involved in spore coat assembly during the process of sporulation []. The structure of a fragment of the Spore protein YabP from Desulfitobacterium hafniense has been resolved using NMR spectroscopy, showing a homodimer with two monomeric subunits, each consisting of five anti-parallel beta strands [ ].
Short Name	Spore_YabP