DltA

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

Gene name	dltA
Synonyms	ipa-5r, dae
Essential	no
Product	D-alanyl-D-alanine carrier protein ligase
Function	biosynthesis of teichoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: dltA
MW, pI	55 kDa, 4.929
Gene length, protein length	1509 bp, 503 aa
Immediate neighbours	menA, dltB
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

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: BSU38500

Phenotypes of a mutant

• • increased sensitivity to lysozyme PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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: DltA subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 3E7X

• UniProt: P39581

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 6.1.1.13

Expression and regulation

• Operon: dltA-dltB-dltC-dltD-dltE PubMed

• Expression browser: dltA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigD PubMed, SigM PubMed, SigX PubMed

• 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

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • activated by YvrHb PubMed
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

References

Additional publications: PubMed