CwlS

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  • Description: D,L-endopeptidase, peptidoglycan hydrolase

Gene name cwlS
Synonyms yojL
Essential no
Product D,L-endopeptidase, peptidoglycan hydrolase
Function cell wall metabolism
MW, pI 44 kDa, 10.438
Gene length, protein length 1242 bp, 414 aa
Immediate neighbours yojM, yojK
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YojL context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU19410

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydrolysis of gamma-D-glutamyl bonds to the L-terminus (position 7) of meso-diaminopimelic acid (meso-A2pm) in 7-(L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu)-meso-A2pm and 7-(L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu)-7-(D-Ala)-meso-A2pm (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation: repressed by glucose (3-fold) (CcpA) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Tatsuya Fukushima, Anahita Afkham, Shin-Ichirou Kurosawa, Taichi Tanabe, Hiroki Yamamoto, Junichi Sekiguchi
A new D,L-endopeptidase gene product, YojL (renamed CwlS), plays a role in cell separation with LytE and LytF in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(15);5541-50
[PubMed:16855244] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)