GlgD

• Description: glucose-1-phosphate adenylyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	glgD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	glucose-1-phosphate adenylyltransferase
Function	glycogen biosynthesis
MW, pI	39 kDa, 6.561
Gene length, protein length	1029 bp, 343 aa
Immediate neighbours	glgA, glgC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30960

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: bacterial/plant glucose-1-phosphate adenylyltransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): GlgC

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39124

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

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)