PbpA

• Description: penicillin-binding protein PBP 2A
  
  

Gene name	pbpA
Synonyms	yqgF
Essential	no
Product	penicillin-binding protein PBP 2A
Function	formation of a rod-shaped peptidoglycan cell wall, spore outgrowth
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: pbpA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: PbpA
MW, pI	79 kDa, 9.571
Gene length, protein length	2148 bp, 716 aa
Immediate neighbours	pstS, yqgE
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 synthesis

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25000

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:
  • part of the cell wall biosynthetic complex PubMed
  • folding requires PrsA PubMed

• Localization: extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54488

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pbpA PubMed

• Expression browser: pbpA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • the mRNA is substantially stabilized upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Jeff Errington lab

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Jeff Errington, Newcastle University, UK homepage