Psd

• Description: phosphatidylserine decarboxylase
  
  

Gene name	psd
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	phosphatidylserine decarboxylase
Function	biosynthesis of phospholipids
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	29 kDa, 7.27
Gene length, protein length	789 bp, 263 aa
Immediate neighbours	ybfM, ybfN
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, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y), membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigX regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02290

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Phosphatidyl-L-serine = phosphatidylethanolamine + CO₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Type 1 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:
  • cell membrane at the septum PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39822

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.1.1.65

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pssA-ybfM-psd PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed, SigX PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: