BshA
- Description: L-malic acid glycosyltransferase, involved in bacillithiol synthesis
Gene name | BshA |
Synonyms | jojH, ypjH |
Essential | no |
Product | L-malic acid glycosyltransferase |
Function | biosynthesis of bacillithiol |
MW, pI | 41 kDa, 6.149 |
Gene length, protein length | 1131 bp, 377 aa |
Immediate neighbours | cca, ypjG |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU22460
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: UDP-GlcNAc + L-malate = GlcNAc(α1→2)L-malate [2]; also uses D-malate as a substrate, but with much lower affinity
- Protein family: NamA 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:
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: P42982
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant: bshA::mls available in John_Helmann lab
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References