DacC

• Description: penicillin-binding protein 4A, D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidase
  
  

Gene name	dacC
Synonyms	pbp
Essential	no
Product	penicillin-binding protein 4A, D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidase
Function	carboxypeptidase
MW, pI	52 kDa, 5.413
Gene length, protein length	1473 bp, 491 aa
Immediate neighbours	ppsA, galM
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigH regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU18350

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

• A mutation was found in this gene after evolution under relexed selection for sporulation PubMed

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: cleavage ofD-Ala-D-Ala interpeptide bridges in peptidoglycan PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • may be part of the cell wall biosynthetic complex PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1W5D, 2J9P (complex with a peptidoglycan mimetic peptide)

• UniProt: P39844

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: galM-dacC PubMed

• Expression browser: dacC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigH PubMed, SigB PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Venkatesh V Nemmara, Liudmila Dzhekieva, Kumar Subarno Sarkar, S A Adediran, Colette Duez, Robert A Nicholas, R F Pratt
Substrate specificity of low-molecular mass bacterial DD-peptidases.
Biochemistry: 2011, 50(46);10091-101
[PubMed:22029692] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Christopher T Brown, Laura K Fishwick, Binna M Chokshi, Marissa A Cuff, Jay M Jackson, Travis Oglesby, Alison T Rioux, Enrique Rodriguez, Gregory S Stupp, Austin H Trupp, James S Woollcombe-Clarke, Tracy N Wright, William J Zaragoza, Jennifer C Drew, Eric W Triplett, Wayne L Nicholson
Whole-genome sequencing and phenotypic analysis of Bacillus subtilis mutants following evolution under conditions of relaxed selection for sporulation.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2011, 77(19);6867-77
[PubMed:21821766] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Colette Duez, Astrid Zervosen, Nathalie Teller, Rémy Melkonian, Emmanuel Banzubazé, Fabrice Bouillenne, André Luxen, Jean-Marie Frère
Characterization of the proteins encoded by the Bacillus subtilis yoxA-dacC operon.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2009, 300(1);42-7
[PubMed:19758330] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Eric Sauvage, Colette Duez, Raphaël Herman, Frédéric Kerff, Stephanie Petrella, John W Anderson, S A Adediran, R F Pratt, Jean-Marie Frère, Paulette Charlier
Crystal structure of the Bacillus subtilis penicillin-binding protein 4a, and its complex with a peptidoglycan mimetic peptide.
J Mol Biol: 2007, 371(2);528-39
[PubMed:17582436] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dirk-Jan Scheffers, Laura J F Jones, Jeffery Errington
Several distinct localization patterns for penicillin-binding proteins in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2004, 51(3);749-64
[PubMed:14731276] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Petersohn, J Bernhardt, U Gerth, D Höper, T Koburger, U Völker, M Hecker
Identification of sigma(B)-dependent genes in Bacillus subtilis using a promoter consensus-directed search and oligonucleotide hybridization.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(18);5718-24
[PubMed:10482513] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D L Popham, M E Gilmore, P Setlow
Roles of low-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins in Bacillus subtilis spore peptidoglycan synthesis and spore properties.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(1);126-32
[PubMed:9864321] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L B Pedersen, T Murray, D L Popham, P Setlow
Characterization of dacC, which encodes a new low-molecular-weight penicillin-binding protein in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(18);4967-73
[PubMed:9733705] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)