IspG

• Description: similar to peptidoglycan acetylation, 1-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(E)-butenyl-4-diphosphate synthase
  
  

Gene name	ispG
Synonyms	yqfY
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	unknown
Function	unknown
MW, pI	40 kDa, 6.802
Gene length, protein length	1131 bp, 377 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqfZ, yqfX
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

biosynthesis of lipids, sporulation proteins, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25070

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl diphosphate + H₂O + protein-disulfide = 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate + protein-dithiol (according to Swiss-Prot)

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): contains an iron-sulfur cluster

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • secreted (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54482

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yqfZ-yqfY PubMed

• Expression browser: ispG PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE, SpoIIID) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SpoIIID: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Mattijs K Julsing, Michael Rijpkema, Herman J Woerdenbag, Wim J Quax, Oliver Kayser
Functional analysis of genes involved in the biosynthesis of isoprene in Bacillus subtilis.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol: 2007, 75(6);1377-84
[PubMed:17458547] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Patrick Eichenberger, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Erin M Conlon, David Z Rudner, Stephanie T Wang, Caitlin Ferguson, Koki Haga, Tsutomu Sato, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The program of gene transcription for a single differentiating cell type during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
PLoS Biol: 2004, 2(10);e328
[PubMed:15383836] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Patrick Eichenberger, Shane T Jensen, Erin M Conlon, Christiaan van Ooij, Jessica Silvaggi, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Masaya Fujita, Sigal Ben-Yehuda, Patrick Stragier, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The sigmaE regulon and the identification of additional sporulation genes in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2003, 327(5);945-72
[PubMed:12662922] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)