DltA

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  • Description: D-alanyl-D-alanine carrier protein ligase, alanylation of teichoic acid provides some resistance against positively charged antimicrobial peptides

Gene name dltA
Synonyms ipa-5r, dae
Essential no
Product D-alanyl-D-alanine carrier protein ligase
Function biosynthesis of teichoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: dltA
MW, pI 55 kDa, 4.929
Gene length, protein length 1509 bp, 503 aa
Immediate neighbours ywzH, dltB
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
DltA context.gif
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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, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon, SigM regulon, SigX regulon, Spo0A regulon, stringent response, YvrHb regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU38500

Phenotypes of a mutant

    • increased sensitivity to lysozyme PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + D-alanine + poly(ribitol phosphate) = AMP + diphosphate + O-D-alanyl-poly(ribitol phosphate) (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: DltA subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
    • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
    • expression is reduced in a SigV mutant PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Khan Tanjid Osman, Liqin Du, Yujiong He, Yu Luo
Crystal structure of Bacillus cereus D-alanyl carrier protein ligase (DltA) in complex with ATP.
J Mol Biol: 2009, 388(2);345-55
[PubMed:19324056] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Huma Yonus, Piotr Neumann, Stephan Zimmermann, Jürgen J May, Mohamed A Marahiel, Milton T Stubbs
Crystal structure of DltA. Implications for the reaction mechanism of non-ribosomal peptide synthetase adenylation domains.
J Biol Chem: 2008, 283(47);32484-91
[PubMed:18784082] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Masakuni Serizawa, Keisuke Kodama, Hiroki Yamamoto, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara, Junichi Sekiguchi
Functional analysis of the YvrGHb two-component system of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the regulated genes by DNA microarray and northern blot analyses.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2005, 69(11);2155-69
[PubMed:16306698] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Juergen J May, Robert Finking, Frank Wiegeshoff, Thomas T Weber, Nina Bandur, Ulrich Koert, Mohamed A Marahiel
Inhibition of the D-alanine:D-alanyl carrier protein ligase from Bacillus subtilis increases the bacterium's susceptibility to antibiotics that target the cell wall.
FEBS J: 2005, 272(12);2993-3003
[PubMed:15955059] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Min Cao, John D Helmann
The Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic-function sigmaX factor regulates modification of the cell envelope and resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(4);1136-46
[PubMed:14762009] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Perego, P Glaser, A Minutello, M A Strauch, K Leopold, W Fischer
Incorporation of D-alanine into lipoteichoic acid and wall teichoic acid in Bacillus subtilis. Identification of genes and regulation.
J Biol Chem: 1995, 270(26);15598-606
[PubMed:7797557] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)