DltC

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  • Description: D-alanine carrier protein, alanylation of teichoic acid provides some resistance against positively charged antimicrobial peptides

Gene name dltC
Synonyms ipa-3r
Essential no
Product D-alanine carrier protein
Function biosynthesis of teichoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: dltC
MW, pI 8 kDa, 3.621
Gene length, protein length 234 bp, 78 aa
Immediate neighbours dltB, dltD
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
DltC context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon, SigM regulon, SigX regulon, Spo0A regulon, stringent response, YvrHb regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU38520

Phenotypes of a mutant

  • more sensitive to nisin PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + D-alanine + poly(ribitol phosphate) = AMP + diphosphate + O-D-alanyl-poly(ribitol phosphate) (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
    • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
    • expression is reduced in a SigV mutant PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

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