NagA

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  • Description: N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase

Gene name nagA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase
Function N-acetylglucosamine utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Sugar catabolism
MW, pI 42 kDa, 5.276
Gene length, protein length 1188 bp, 396 aa
Immediate neighbours hprK, nagB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
NagA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU35010

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall degradation/ turnover, utilization of specific carbon sources

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + H2O = D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + acetate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: nagA family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information: K(M): 1.4 mM PubMed
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization:

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation:
    • induced by N-acetylglucosamine PubMed
    • repressed by glucose (2.9-fold) (CcpA) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References