PtkA

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Gene name	ptkA
Synonyms	ywqD
Essential	no
Product
Function	unknown
MW, pI	25 kDa, 9.628
Gene length, protein length	711 bp, 237 aa
Immediate neighbours	ptpZ, tkmA
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: autophosphorylation, phosphorylation of YwqF, TuaD, Ssb, YwpH

• Protein family: BY-kinase

• Paralogous protein(s): EpsB

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains: single BY-kinase domain

• Modification: autophosphorylation at residues Y225, Y227 and Y228 (primary site)

• Cofactor(s): ATP

• Effectors of protein activity: TkmA - transmembrane modulator, activates PtkA autophosphorylation and substrate phosphorylation

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: tkmA-ptkA-ptpZ-ywqF PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: KO strain created with pMUTIN-2, available from Ivan Mijakovic

• Expression vector: pQE-30, N-terminally 6xHis-tagged, available from Ivan Mijakovic

• lacZ fusion: in a KO strain created with pMUTIN-2, available from Ivan Mijakovic

• GFP fusion: CFP-fusion, available from Ivan Mijakovic

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Ivan Mijakovic, Thiverval-Grignon, France

References

1. Mijakovic I, Poncet S, Boël G, Mazé A, Gillet S, Decottignies P, Grangeasse C, Jamet E, Doublet P, Le Maréchal P, Deutscher J (2003) Transmembrane modulator-dependent bacterial tyrosine kinase activates UDP-glucose dehydrogenases. EMBO J 22:4709-4718. PubMed
2. Mijakovic I, Petranovic D, Deutscher J (2004) How tyrosine phosphorylation affects the UDP-glucose dehydrogenase activity of Bacillus subtilis YwqF. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 8:19-25. PubMed
3. Mijakovic I, Musumeci L, Tautz L, Petranovic D, Edwards RA, Jensen PR, Mustelin T, Deutscher J, Bottini N (2005) In vitro characterization of the Bacillus subtilis protein tyrosine phosphatase YwqE. J Bacteriol 187(10):3384-3390 PubMed
4. Mijakovic I, Petranovic D, Macek B, Cepo T, Mann M, Davies J, Jensen PR, Vujaklija D (2006) Bacterial single-stranded DNA-binding proteins are phosphorylated on tyrosine. Nucl Acids Res 34:1588-1596. PubMed
5. Petranovic D, Michelsen O, Zahradka K, Silva C, Petranovic M, Jensen PR, Mijakovic I (2007) Bacillus subtilis strain deficient for the protein-tyrosine kinase PtkA exhibits impaired DNA replication. Mol Microbiol 63:1797-1805. PubMed