DltD

• Description: D-alanine transfer from undecaprenol-phosphate to the poly(glycerophosphate) chain, alanylation of teichoic acid provides some resistance against positively charged antimicrobial peptides
  
  

Gene name	dltD
Synonyms	ipa-2r
Essential	no
Product	D-alanine transfer from undecaprenol-phosphate to the poly(glycerophosphate) chain
Function	biosynthesis of teichoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: dltD
MW, pI	44 kDa, 9.858
Gene length, protein length	1176 bp, 392 aa
Immediate neighbours	dltC, dltE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon, SigM regulon, SigX regulon, Spo0A regulon, stringent response, YvrHb regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38530

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39578

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: dltA-dltB-dltC-dltD-dltE PubMed

• Expression browser: dltD PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigD PubMed, SigM PubMed, SigX PubMed

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • expression is reduced in a SigV mutant PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • activated by YvrHb PubMed
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

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References

Additional publications: PubMed