DgkA

• Description: undecaprenol kinase
  
  

Gene name	dgkA
Synonyms	yqxF
Essential	no
Product	undecaprenol kinase
Function	cell wall biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: dgkA
MW, pI	12 kDa, 7.128
Gene length, protein length	342 bp, 114 aa
Immediate neighbours	cdd, yqfG
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25310

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: bacterial diacylglycerol kinase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cell membrane at the septum PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P19638

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.107

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: dgkA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Agoston Jerga, Ying-Jie Lu, Gustavo E Schujman, Diego de Mendoza, Charles O Rock
Identification of a soluble diacylglycerol kinase required for lipoteichoic acid production in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(30);21738-45
[PubMed:17535816] [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)

Samuel Amiteye, Kazuo Kobayashi, Daisuke Imamura, Shigeo Hosoya, Naotake Ogasawara, Tsutomu Sato
Bacillus subtilis diacylglycerol kinase (DgkA) enhances efficient sporulation.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(17);5306-9
[PubMed:12923107] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)