DgkA

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  • 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
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU25310

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

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

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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
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  • lacZ fusion:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

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)