YqgS

• Description: polyglycerolphosphate lipoteichoic acid synthase
  
  

Gene name	yqgS
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	minor lipoteichoic acid synthase
Function	biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yqgS
MW, pI	73 kDa, 4.822
Gene length, protein length	1914 bp, 638 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqgT, glcK
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24840

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: LTA synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): LtaS, YfnI, YvgJ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • localizes to the division septum PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54496

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: yqgS PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Additional reviews: PubMed

Nathalie T Reichmann, Angelika Gründling
Location, synthesis and function of glycolipids and polyglycerolphosphate lipoteichoic acid in Gram-positive bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2011, 319(2);97-105
[PubMed:21388439] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)