AcpS

• Description: acyl-carrier protein synthase, 4'-phosphopantetheine transferase
  
  

Gene name	acpS
Synonyms	ydcB
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	acyl-carrier protein synthase
Function	fatty acid biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: acpS
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: AcpS
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	13 kDa, 9.915
Gene length, protein length	363 bp, 121 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydcA, ydcC
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

biosynthesis of lipids, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04620

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: CoA-(4'-phosphopantetheine) + apo-[acyl-carrier-protein] = adenosine 3',5'-bisphosphate + holo-[acyl-carrier-protein] (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: AcpS family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): magnesium PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • AcpA-AcpS PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1F7T PubMed, 1F80 (complex with AcpA) PubMed

• UniProt: P96618

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.8.7

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: acpS PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original Publications

Juergen J May, Robert Finking, Frank Wiegeshoff, Thomas T Weber, Nina Bandur, Ulrich Koert, Mohamed A Marahiel
Inhibition of the D-alanine:D-alanyl carrier protein ligase from Bacillus subtilis increases the bacterium's susceptibility to antibiotics that target the cell wall.
FEBS J: 2005, 272(12);2993-3003
[PubMed:15955059] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mohammad Reza Mofid, Robert Finking, Mohamed A Marahiel
Recognition of hybrid peptidyl carrier proteins/acyl carrier proteins in nonribosomal peptide synthetase modules by the 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferases AcpS and Sfp.
J Biol Chem: 2002, 277(19);17023-31
[PubMed:11867633] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H D Mootz, R Finking, M A Marahiel
4'-phosphopantetheine transfer in primary and secondary metabolism of Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2001, 276(40);37289-98
[PubMed:11489886] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K D Parris, L Lin, A Tam, R Mathew, J Hixon, M Stahl, C C Fritz, J Seehra, W S Somers
Crystal structures of substrate binding to Bacillus subtilis holo-(acyl carrier protein) synthase reveal a novel trimeric arrangement of molecules resulting in three active sites.
Structure: 2000, 8(8);883-95
[PubMed:10997907] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)