DltB

• Description: D-alanine transfer from Dcp to undecaprenol-phosphate
  
  

Gene name	dltB
Synonyms	ipa-4r
Essential	no
Product	D-alanine transfer from Dcp to undecaprenol-phosphate
Function	biosynthesis of teichoic acid acid (D-alanyl transfer from Dcp to undecaprenol-phosphate)
MW, pI	46 kDa, 9.944
Gene length, protein length	1185 bp, 395 aa
Immediate neighbours	dltA, dltC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38510

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, transporters/ other, biosynthesis of cell wall components, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, W, X, Y), membrane proteins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: membrane-bound acyltransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), membrane associated PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39580

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: dltA-dltB-dltC-dltD-dltE PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigD PubMed, SigX PubMed

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • activated by YvrHb PubMed
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: