CwlO

• Description: D,L-endopeptidase-type autolysin
  
  

Gene name	cwlO
Synonyms	yzkA, yvcE
Essential	no
Product	endopeptidase-type autolysin
Function	cell wall synthesis, cell proliferation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cwlO
MW, pI	50 kDa, 5.326
Gene length, protein length	1419 bp, 473 aa
Immediate neighbours	trxB, yvcD
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall degradation/ turnover

This gene is a member of the following regulons

WalR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34800

Phenotypes of a mutant

a cwlO lytE mutant is not viable PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: peptidase C40 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): the C-terminal D,L-endopeptidase domains of LytE, LytF, CwlS, and CwlO exhibit strong sequence similarity

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:
  • C-terminal D,L-endopeptidase domain PubMed

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • secreted (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed
  • localizes to the lateral sidewall of the cell (via the N-terminal domain) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P40767

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: cwlO PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA (according to PubMed)

• Regulation: activated by WalR PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • The mRNA has a long 5' leader region. This may indicate RNA-based regulation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Additional reviews: PubMed

Original publications

Additional publications: PubMed

Masayuki Hashimoto, Seika Ooiwa, Junichi Sekiguchi
Synthetic lethality of the lytE cwlO genotype in Bacillus subtilis is caused by lack of D,L-endopeptidase activity at the lateral cell wall.
J Bacteriol: 2012, 194(4);796-803
[PubMed:22139507] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Irnov Irnov, Cynthia M Sharma, Jörg Vogel, Wade C Winkler
Identification of regulatory RNAs in Bacillus subtilis.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2010, 38(19);6637-51
[PubMed:20525796] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Birgit Voigt, Haike Antelmann, Dirk Albrecht, Armin Ehrenreich, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Stefan Evers, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Thomas Schweder, Michael Hecker
Cell physiology and protein secretion of Bacillus licheniformis compared to Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2009, 16(1-2);53-68
[PubMed:18957862] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Paola Bisicchia, David Noone, Efthimia Lioliou, Alistair Howell, Sarah Quigley, Thomas Jensen, Hanne Jarmer, Kevin M Devine
The essential YycFG two-component system controls cell wall metabolism in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 65(1);180-200
[PubMed:17581128] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Kazumi Furuhata, Tatsuya Fukushima, Hiroki Yamamoto, Junichi Sekiguchi
Characterization of a new Bacillus subtilis peptidoglycan hydrolase gene, yvcE (named cwlO), and the enzymatic properties of its encoded protein.
J Biosci Bioeng: 2004, 98(3);174-81
[PubMed:16233686] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)