PlsX

• Description: acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP):phosphate acyltransferase, catalyzes the synthesis of the intermediate fatty acyl-phosphate (acyl-PO4)
  
  

Gene name	plsX
Synonyms	ylpD
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP):phosphate acyltransferase
Function	biosynthesis of phospholipids
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: PlsX
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	35 kDa, 5.492
Gene length, protein length	999 bp, 333 aa
Immediate neighbours	fapR, fabD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of lipids, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComA regulon, FapR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15890

Phenotypes of a mutant

• • essential PubMed
  • depletion results in sporulation deficiency (via SpoIIR) PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: catalyzes the synthesis of the intermediate fatty acyl-phosphate (acyl-PO4)

• Protein family: plsX family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • PlsX-PlsY PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1VI1

• UniProt: P71018

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: fapR-plsX-fabD-fabG-acpA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced if the cells experience an accumulation of malonyl-CoA (FapR) PubMed
  • expressed at high cell density (ComA) PubMed
  • induced upon fatty acid biosynthesis inhibition PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComA: transcription activation (ComA) PubMed
  • FapR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Matsumoto lab PubMed

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed