BshA

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  • Description: L-malic acid glycosyltransferase, involved in bacillithiol synthesis

Gene name bshA
Synonyms jojH, ypjH
Essential no
Product L-malic acid glycosyltransferase
Function biosynthesis of bacillithiol
MW, pI 41 kDa, 6.149
Gene length, protein length 1131 bp, 377 aa
Immediate neighbours cca, bshB1
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YpjH context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU22460

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: UDP-GlcNAc + L-malate = GlcNAc(α1→2)L-malate PubMed; also uses D-malate as a substrate, but with much lower affinity PubMed
  • Protein family: NamA subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
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Biological materials

  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Ahmed Gaballa, Gerald L Newton, Haike Antelmann, Derek Parsonage, Heather Upton, Mamta Rawat, Al Claiborne, Robert C Fahey, John D Helmann
Biosynthesis and functions of bacillithiol, a major low-molecular-weight thiol in Bacilli.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2010, 107(14);6482-6
[PubMed:20308541] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Gerald L Newton, Mamta Rawat, James J La Clair, Vishnu Karthik Jothivasan, Tanya Budiarto, Chris J Hamilton, Al Claiborne, John D Helmann, Robert C Fahey
Bacillithiol is an antioxidant thiol produced in Bacilli.
Nat Chem Biol: 2009, 5(9);625-7
[PubMed:19578333] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Additional references: PubMed