Protein Domain : Sporulation stage II, protein P IPR010897

Type	Family
Description	This family contains the bacterial stage II sporulation protein P (SpoIIP) (approximately 350 residues long). It has been shown that a block in polar cytokinesis in Bacillus subtilis is mediated partly by transcription of spoIID, spoIIM and spoIIP. This inhibition of polar division is involved in the locking in of asymmetry after the formation of a polar septum during sporulation [ ].SpoIIP is one of the three genes (spoIID, spoIIM and spoIIP, [ , , ]), under the control of sigma E, that have been shown to be essential for the engulfment of the forespore by the mother cell. Their products are involved in degradation of the septal peptidoglycan and mutations in spoIID, spoIIM or spoIIP block sporulation at morphological stage II, prior to the stage of engulfment. These three genes are absolutely conserved (sometimes even duplicated) in all endospore formers [].
Short Name	Spore_II_P