id: Pfam:PF01944
pfam_id: PF01944
name: Stage II sporulation protein M
short_name: SpoIIM
seed_status: EX_DUF
characterization_status: UNSCORED
curation_status: SEEDED
source_url: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/api/entry/pfam/PF01944
counters:
  proteins: 8861
  matches: 8865
  proteomes: 7738
  taxa: 10914
  structures: 0
  alphafold_models: 5639
  domain_architectures: 14
provenance:
  snapshot_id: interpro-pfam-duf-2026-10-10
  path: data/worklists/interpro-pfam-duf-2026-10-10.json
  sha256: 17fb625876c9326ed284263a47bcd84e0d7844a31c040dc06cd2260c36f1c383
  generated_at: '2026-10-10T07:44:21.614711Z'
  source_url: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/api/entry/pfam/
interpro_id: InterPro:IPR002798
description: SpoIIM is on e of four stage II sporulation proteins that is necessary for the forespore
  inside the mother-cell to be properly internalised through the breakdown of peptidoglycans trapped between
  the membranes of the septum separating the forespore and the mother-cell. The four proteins working
  in sequence are SpoIIB, [pfam:PF05036], SpoIIM, SpoIIP, [pfam:PF07454], and finally SpoIID, [pfam:PF08486].
  D, M and P are in a complex with each other and the complex assembles in a hierarchical manner such
  that M, which serves as a membrane anchor, recruits P to the septum and P, in turn, recruits D to the
  septum [[cite:PUB00109154]].