PlsX

• Description: acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP):phosphate acyltransferase, catalyzes the synthesis of the intermediate fatty acyl-phosphate (acyl-PO4)
  
  

Gene name	plsX
Synonyms	ylpD
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP):phosphate acyltransferase
Function	biosynthesis of phospholipids
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: plsX
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: PlsX
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	35 kDa, 5.492
Gene length, protein length	999 bp, 333 aa
Immediate neighbours	fapR, fabD
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, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComA regulon, FapR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15890

Phenotypes of a mutant

• • essential PubMed
  • depletion results in sporulation deficiency (via SpoIIR) PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: catalyzes the synthesis of the intermediate fatty acyl-phosphate (acyl-PO4)

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • PlsX-PlsY PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1VI1

• UniProt: P71018

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

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

• Expression browser: plsX PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced if the cells experience an accumulation of malonyl-CoA (FapR) PubMed
  • expressed at high cell density (ComA) PubMed
  • induced upon fatty acid biosynthesis inhibition PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComA: transcription activation (ComA) PubMed
  • FapR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

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

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Michaela Wenzel, Malay Patra, Dirk Albrecht, David Y-K Chen, K C Nicolaou, Nils Metzler-Nolte, Julia E Bandow
Proteomic signature of fatty acid biosynthesis inhibition available for in vivo mechanism-of-action studies.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother: 2011, 55(6);2590-6
[PubMed:21383089] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Mariano A Martinez, Diego de Mendoza, Gustavo E Schujman
Transcriptional and functional characterization of the gene encoding acyl carrier protein in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2010, 156(Pt 2);484-495
[PubMed:19850612] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Yoshinori Hara, Masahide Seki, Satoshi Matsuoka, Hiroshi Hara, Atsushi Yamashita, Kouji Matsumoto
Involvement of PlsX and the acyl-phosphate dependent sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase PlsY in the initial stage of glycerolipid synthesis in Bacillus subtilis.
Genes Genet Syst: 2008, 83(6);433-42
[PubMed:19282621] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mika Yoshimura, Taku Oshima, Naotake Ogasawara
Involvement of the YneS/YgiH and PlsX proteins in phospholipid biosynthesis in both Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli.
BMC Microbiol: 2007, 7;69
[PubMed:17645809] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Luciana Paoletti, Ying-Jie Lu, Gustavo E Schujman, Diego de Mendoza, Charles O Rock
Coupling of fatty acid and phospholipid synthesis in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(16);5816-24
[PubMed:17557823] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Gustavo E Schujman, Marcelo Guerin, Alejandro Buschiazzo, Francis Schaeffer, Leticia I Llarrull, Georgina Reh, Alejandro J Vila, Pedro M Alzari, Diego de Mendoza
Structural basis of lipid biosynthesis regulation in Gram-positive bacteria.
EMBO J: 2006, 25(17);4074-83
[PubMed:16932747] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Natalia Comella, Alan D Grossman
Conservation of genes and processes controlled by the quorum response in bacteria: characterization of genes controlled by the quorum-sensing transcription factor ComA in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(4);1159-74
[PubMed:16091051] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Gustavo E Schujman, Luciana Paoletti, Alan D Grossman, Diego de Mendoza
FapR, a bacterial transcription factor involved in global regulation of membrane lipid biosynthesis.
Dev Cell: 2003, 4(5);663-72
[PubMed:12737802] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H R Morbidoni, D de Mendoza, J E Cronan
Bacillus subtilis acyl carrier protein is encoded in a cluster of lipid biosynthesis genes.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(16);4794-800
[PubMed:8759840] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)