AcpA

• Description: acyl carrier protein
  
  

Gene name	acpA
Synonyms	acpP
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	acyl carrier protein
Function	fatty acid biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: acpA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: AcpA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	8 kDa, 3.594
Gene length, protein length	231 bp, 77 aa
Immediate neighbours	fabG, rnc
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

This gene is a member of the following regulons

FapR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15920

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • AcpA-AcpS PubMed
  • AcpA-BioI PubMed
  • malonyl-ACP-FapR PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot), during sporulation in the mother cell PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 1F80 (complex with AcpS) PubMed, 3EJE (complex with BioI) PubMed, 1HY8

• UniProt: P80643

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • fapR-plsX-fabD-fabG-acpA PubMed
  • acpA PubMed

• Expression browser: acpA PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • fapR: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • fapR: repressed in the absence of malonyl-CoA or malonyl-ACP (FapR) PubMed
  • strongly repressed in response to glucose starvation in M9 medium PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FapR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Diego de Mendoza, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentine homepage