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Revision as of 15:33, 30 November 2010
- Description: capsular polyglutamate biosynthesis
Gene name | capB |
Synonyms | ywsC, pgsB |
Essential | no |
Product | poly-gamma-glutamate synthetase |
Function | capsule synthesis |
MW, pI | 43 kDa, 5.073 |
Gene length, protein length | 1179 bp, 393 aa |
Immediate neighbours | capC, rbsR |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU35900
Phenotypes of a mutant
no synthesis of the poly-gamma-glutamate capsule PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
Categories containing this gene/protein
capsule biosynthesis and degradation
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: synthesis of poly-gamma-glutamate from L-Glu PubMed
- Protein family:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization:
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: P96736
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation:
- Additional information: The operon is not expressed in the lab strain 168 due to lack of expression of DegQ resulting in inactivity of DegS and DegU
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Massimiliano Marvasi, Pieter T Visscher, Lilliam Casillas Martinez
Exopolymeric substances (EPS) from Bacillus subtilis: polymers and genes encoding their synthesis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2010, 313(1);1-9
[PubMed:20735481]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
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Original publications