TuaA/2

• Description: lipid carrier sugar transferase, disrupted pseudogene in B. subtilis 168
  
  

Gene name	tuaA
Synonyms	yvhA
Essential	no
Product	lipid carrier sugar transferase
Function	biosynthesis of teichuronic acid
MW, pI	20 kDa, 10.361
Gene length, protein length	537 bp, 179 aa
Immediate neighbours	tuaA/1, lytC
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

PhoP regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35610

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine + undecaprenyl phosphate = UMP + N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminyldiphospho-undecaprenol (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: bacterial sugar transferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): EpsL

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O32274

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: tuaA-tuaB-tuaC-tuaD-tuaE-tuaF-tuaG-tuaH PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed under conditions of phosphate limitation (PhoP) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PhoP: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: