DltA

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  • Description: D-alanyl-D-alanine carrier protein ligase

Gene name dltA
Synonyms ipa-5r, dae
Essential no
Product D-alanyl-D-alanine carrier protein ligase
Function biosynthesis of teichoic acid
MW, pI 55 kDa, 4.929
Gene length, protein length 1509 bp, 503 aa
Immediate neighbours menA, dltB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
DltA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU38500

Phenotypes of a mutant

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:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) 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

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)

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)


  1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed