DltA

• Description: D-alanyl-D-alanine carrier protein ligase
  
  

Gene name	dltA
Synonyms	ipa-5r, dae
Essential	no
Product	D-alanyl-D-alanine carrier protein ligase
Function	biosynthesis of teichoic acid
MW, pI	55 kDa, 4.929
Gene length, protein length	1509 bp, 503 aa
Immediate neighbours	menA, dltB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: DltA 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: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 3FCE (from Bacillus cereus)

• Swiss prot entry: P39581

• KEGG entry: BSU38500

• E.C. number: 6.1.1.13

Expression and regulation

• Operon: dltA-dltB-dltC-dltD-dltE

• Sigma factor: SigD, SigX

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism: activated by YvrHb PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed