GlgA

• Description: glycogen synthase (ADPGlc)
  
  

Gene name	glgA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	glycogen synthase (ADPGlc)
Function	glycogen biosynthesis
MW, pI	55 kDa, 5.155
Gene length, protein length	1452 bp, 484 aa
Immediate neighbours	glgP, glgD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30950

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ADP-glucose + (1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl)(n) = ADP + (1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl)(n+1) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Bacterial/plant glycogen synthase 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: P39125

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.4.1.21

Expression and regulation

• Operon: glgB-glgC-glgD-glgA-glgP PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

J A Kiel, J M Boels, G Beldman, G Venema
Glycogen in Bacillus subtilis: molecular characterization of an operon encoding enzymes involved in glycogen biosynthesis and degradation.
Mol Microbiol: 1994, 11(1);203-18
[PubMed:8145641] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)