Cardiolipin synthetase; Catalyzes the reversible phosphatidyl group transfer from one phosphatidylglycerol molecule to another to form cardiolipin (CL) (diphosphatidylglycerol) and glycerol (By similarity). May have a role in the heat shock response since the level of the transcript of ywiE increases after a heat shock; Belongs to the phospholipase D family. Cardiolipin synthase subfamily.

Putative UV damage repair endonuclease; Component in a DNA repair pathway. Removal of UV LIGHT damaged nucleotides. Recognizes pyrimidine dimers and cleave a phosphodiester bond immediately 5' to the lesion (By similarity).

Phosphatidylglycerol lysyltransferase involved in lysinylation of phospholipids; Catalyzes the transfer of a lysyl group from L-lysyl- tRNA(Lys) to membrane-bound phosphatidylglycerol (PG), which produces lysylphosphatidylglycerol (LPG), one of the components of the bacterial membrane with a positive net charge. LPG synthesis contributes to the resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) and likely protects B.subtilis against its own CAMPs and against those produced by competiting microorganisms (bacteriocins). In fact, the modification of anionic phosphatidylglycerol with po [...]

Component of germinant receptor B; Involved in the response to the germinative mixture of L- asparagine, glucose, fructose and potassium ions (AGFK). Cannot stimulate germination in the absence of gerD and gerK gene products (fructose and glucose receptors respectively).

Putative iron-sulphur-binding reductase; Evidence 3: Function proposed based on presence of conserved amino acid motif, structural feature or limited homology; putative enzyme.

Iron-sulfur cluster assembly scaffold protein; Its function is controversial. Has been generally assumed to be an iron-sulfur cluster assembly scaffold protein , but more recent evidence suggest it is a sulfurtransferase rather than a scaffold assembly protein. Has been shown to bind low levels of a labile, air- sensitive Fe-S cluster; this can be assembled under anaerobic conditions from FeCl(3) and Li(2)S. Has been shown to be able to transfer this Fe-S cluster to an acceptor protein. Stimulates the cysteine desulfurase activity of SufS, for which it acts as a second substrate. Alkyl [...]

CDP-diacylglycerol-glycerol-3-phosphate 3-phosphatidyltransferase; This protein catalyzes the committed step to the synthesis of the acidic phospholipids; Belongs to the CDP-alcohol phosphatidyltransferase class-I family.

Phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase (CDP-diglyceride synthase); Evidence 2a: Function of homologous gene experimentally demonstrated in an other organism; enzyme.

Conserved hypothetical protein; Evidence 4: Homologs of previously reported genes of unknown function.