SASP are proteins degraded in the first minutes of spore germination and provide amino acids for both new protein synthesis and metabolism. These proteins may be involved in dormant spore's high resistance to UV light. Monocistronically transcribed in the late sporulation phase and cotranscribed with mutY and/or fabL during exponential growth. However, sspE is not translated during this period. Belongs to the gamma-type SASP family.