LtaS
Gene name | ltaS |
Synonyms | yflE |
Essential | no |
Product | major lipoteichoic acid synthase |
Function | biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid |
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ltaS | |
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis | |
MW, pI | 74 kDa, 5.202 |
Gene length, protein length | 1947 bp, 649 aa |
Immediate neighbours | nagP, yflD |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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[None Expression at a glance] PubMed |
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Categories containing this gene/protein
cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, membrane proteins, phosphoproteins
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag:
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: LTA synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification: phosphorylated on Thr-297 PubMed
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
Database entries
- Structure: 2W8D
- UniProt: O34952
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon: ltaS (according to DBTBS)
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- 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
Reviews: PubMed
Nathalie T Reichmann, Angelika Gründling
Location, synthesis and function of glycolipids and polyglycerolphosphate lipoteichoic acid in Gram-positive bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2011, 319(2);97-105
[PubMed:21388439]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Original publications
Mirka E Wörmann, Rebecca M Corrigan, Peter J Simpson, Steve J Matthews, Angelika Gründling
Enzymatic activities and functional interdependencies of Bacillus subtilis lipoteichoic acid synthesis enzymes.
Mol Microbiol: 2011, 79(3);566-83
[PubMed:21255105]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Kathrin Schirner, Jon Marles-Wright, Richard J Lewis, Jeff Errington
Distinct and essential morphogenic functions for wall- and lipo-teichoic acids in Bacillus subtilis.
EMBO J: 2009, 28(7);830-42
[PubMed:19229300]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Duo Lu, Mirka E Wörmann, Xiaodong Zhang, Olaf Schneewind, Angelika Gründling, Paul S Freemont
Structure-based mechanism of lipoteichoic acid synthesis by Staphylococcus aureus LtaS.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2009, 106(5);1584-9
[PubMed:19168632]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Angelika Gründling, Olaf Schneewind
Synthesis of glycerol phosphate lipoteichoic acid in Staphylococcus aureus.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2007, 104(20);8478-83
[PubMed:17483484]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Ayako Nishibori, Jin Kusaka, Hiroshi Hara, Masato Umeda, Kouji Matsumoto
Phosphatidylethanolamine domains and localization of phospholipid synthases in Bacillus subtilis membranes.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(6);2163-74
[PubMed:15743965]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)