BacA

• Description: bacilysin biosynthesis protein, prephenate decarboxylase
  
  

Gene name	bacA
Synonyms	ywfB, ipa-80d
Essential	no
Product	anticapsin biosynthesis protein, prephenate decarboxylase
Function	biosynthesis of the antibiotic bacilysin
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: bacA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: BacA
MW, pI	23 kDa, 7.896
Gene length, protein length	612 bp, 204 aa
Immediate neighbours	bacB, ywfA
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

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, CodY regulon, ScoC regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37740

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU37740

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: decarboxylation of prephenate PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU37740

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39638

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: bacA-bacB-bacC-bacD-bacE-bacF PubMed

• Expression browser: bacA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed
  • ScoC: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Takashi Inaoka, Kozo Ochi
Scandium stimulates the production of amylase and bacilysin in Bacillus subtilis.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2011, 77(22);8181-3
[PubMed:21948839] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Sarah A Mahlstedt, Christopher T Walsh
Investigation of anticapsin biosynthesis reveals a four-enzyme pathway to tetrahydrotyrosine in Bacillus subtilis.
Biochemistry: 2010, 49(5);912-23
[PubMed:20052993] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Takashi Inaoka, Guojun Wang, Kozo Ochi
ScoC regulates bacilysin production at the transcription level in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(23);7367-71
[PubMed:19801406] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Malligarjunan Rajavel, Ashima Mitra, Balasubramanian Gopal
Role of Bacillus subtilis BacB in the synthesis of bacilysin.
J Biol Chem: 2009, 284(46);31882-92
[PubMed:19776011] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Gerhard Steinborn, Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei, Jürgen Hofemeister
bac genes for recombinant bacilysin and anticapsin production in Bacillus host strains.
Arch Microbiol: 2005, 183(2);71-9
[PubMed:15609023] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Min Cao, John D Helmann
Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis bcrC bacitracin resistance gene by two extracytoplasmic function sigma factors.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(22);6123-9
[PubMed:12399481] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Takashi Inaoka, Kosaku Takahashi, Mayumi Ohnishi-Kameyama, Mitsuru Yoshida, Kozo Ochi
Guanine nucleotides guanosine 5'-diphosphate 3'-diphosphate and GTP co-operatively regulate the production of an antibiotic bacilysin in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2003, 278(4);2169-76
[PubMed:12372825] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)