oxdD

oxalate decarboxylase, inner spore coat protein

Locus: BSU_18670

Isoelectric point: 5.36

Molecular weight: 43.39 kDa

Protein length: 392 aa

Gene length: 1179 bp

Function: protection of the spore

Product: oxalate decarboxylase

Essential: no

E.C.: 4.1.1.2

Synonyms: yoaN

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Lifestyles → Sporulation → Sporulation proteins → Spore coat proteins → Class V
• Lifestyles → Coping with stress → Resistance against other toxic compounds (nitric oxide, phenolic acids, flavonoids, oxalate)

Gene

Coordinates: 2,037,601 2,038,779

The protein

Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

• H⁺ + oxalate --> CO₂ + formate (according to UniProt)

Paralogous protein(s)

• OxdC

Structure

• 1L3J (OxdC, 59% identity) PubMed

Localization

• inner spore coat, localization depends on SafA PubMed

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: oxdD
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigK: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigK regulon

  Regulatory mechanism

  • GerE: repression, PubMed, in GerE regulon

  Regulation

  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-A842 (yoaN::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
• BKE18670 (oxdD::erm trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGCACCTCGTTTTAGAAA, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAAGACGTAACAGATCACA
• BKK18670 (oxdD::kan trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGCACCTCGTTTTAGAAA, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAAGACGTAACAGATCACA

References

Reviews

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Original publications

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