CwlO

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  • Description: D,L-endopeptidase-type autolysin, primary autolytic pathway for cell elongation

Gene name cwlO
Synonyms yzkA, yvcE
Essential no
Product endopeptidase-type autolysin
Function cell wall synthesis, cell elongation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cwlO
MW, pI 50 kDa, 5.326
Gene length, protein length 1419 bp, 473 aa
Immediate neighbours trxB, yvcD
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
YvcE context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
CwlO expression.png















Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, cell wall degradation/ turnover

This gene is a member of the following regulons

WalR regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU34800

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: peptidase C40 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): the C-terminal D,L-endopeptidase domains of LytE, LytF, CwlS, and CwlO exhibit strong sequence similarity

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
    • C-terminal D,L-endopeptidase domain PubMed
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Localization:
    • extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed
    • localizes to the outer lateral sidewall of the cell (via the N-terminal domain) PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:
    • The mRNA has a long 5' leader region. This may indicate RNA-based regulation PubMed

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Waldemar Vollmer
Bacterial growth does require peptidoglycan hydrolases.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 86(5);1031-5
[PubMed:23066944] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications