PpsA

• Description: plipastatin synthetase
  
  

Gene name	ppsA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	plipastatin synthetase
Function	production of the antibacterial compound plipastatin
MW, pI	288 kDa, 5.221
Gene length, protein length	7683 bp, 2561 aa
Immediate neighbours	ppsB, dacC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU18340

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39845

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ppsA-ppsB-ppsC-ppsD-ppsE PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

K Tsuge, T Ano, M Hirai, Y Nakamura, M Shoda
The genes degQ, pps, and lpa-8 (sfp) are responsible for conversion of Bacillus subtilis 168 to plipastatin production.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother: 1999, 43(9);2183-92
[PubMed:10471562] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Valentina Tosato, Alessandra M Albertini, Michela Zotti, Sabrina Sonda, Carlo V Bruschi
Sequence completion, identification and definition of the fengycin operon in Bacillus subtilis 168.
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 11);3443-3450
[PubMed:9387222] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)