TatAD

• Description: component of the TatAdCd twin-arginine translocase
  
  

Gene name	tatAD
Synonyms	yczB
Essential	no
Product	component of the twin-arginine translocation pathway
Function	protein secretion
MW, pI	7 kDa, 9.693
Gene length, protein length	210 bp, 70 aa
Immediate neighbours	phoD, tatCD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02630

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: translocation of PhoD PubMed

• Protein family: tatA/E family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: TatAD-PhoD, TatAD-TatCD, TatAD-TatCY PubMed

• Localization: membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), forms foci at the division sites and cell poles, localization requires interaction with TatCD or TatCY PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O31467

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed under conditions of phosphate limitation (PhoP) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PhoP: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Oscar Kuipers, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Homepage

References

Anja N J A Ridder, Esther J de Jong, Jan D H Jongbloed, Oscar P Kuipers
Subcellular localization of TatAd of Bacillus subtilis depends on the presence of TatCd or TatCy.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(13);4410-8
[PubMed:19395490] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jan D H Jongbloed, Ulrike Grieger, Haike Antelmann, Michael Hecker, Reindert Nijland, Sierd Bron, Jan Maarten van Dijl
Two minimal Tat translocases in Bacillus.
Mol Microbiol: 2004, 54(5);1319-25
[PubMed:15554971] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ovidiu I Pop, Martin Westermann, Rudolf Volkmer-Engert, Daniela Schulz, Cornelius Lemke, Sandra Schreiber, Roman Gerlach, Reinhard Wetzker, Jörg P Müller
Sequence-specific binding of prePhoD to soluble TatAd indicates protein-mediated targeting of the Tat export in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2003, 278(40);38428-36
[PubMed:12867413] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J D Jongbloed, U Martin, H Antelmann, M Hecker, H Tjalsma, G Venema, S Bron, J M van Dijl, J Müller
TatC is a specificity determinant for protein secretion via the twin-arginine translocation pathway.
J Biol Chem: 2000, 275(52);41350-7
[PubMed:11007775] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)