CwlA

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  • Description: N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase

Gene name cwlA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase
Function minor autolysin
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cwlA
MW, pI 29 kDa, 10.4
Gene length, protein length 816 bp, 272 aa
Immediate neighbours yqxI, yqxH
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall degradation/ turnover, Skin element

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU25900

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydrolyzes the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in certain cell-wall glycopeptides (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 2 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Modification:
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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

A Kuroda, M Imazeki, J Sekiguchi
Purification and characterization of a cell wall hydrolase encoded by the cwlA gene of Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 1991, 65(1);9-13
[PubMed:1908396] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)