Abstract
This chapter focuses on the membrane transport proteins that are members of the spore germination transporter family. Transporters of this family have only been found in gram-positive bacteria and mediate amino acid transport by an unknown mechanism. They are involved in the stimulation of spore germination in response to chemical triggers. An example of this family is the spore germination protein GRAII from Bacillus subtilis. They are predicted to contain 11 transmembrane domains by the hydropathy of their amino acid sequences. The chapter discusses the nomenclature, biological sources, substrates, phylogenetic trees, topology plot, physical and genetic characteristics, multiple amino acid sequence alignments, and database accession numbers for members of the spore germination transporter family.
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