L-malic acid glycosyltransferase, involved in bacillithiol synthesis
function
biosynthesis of bacillithiol
product
L-malic acid glycosyltransferase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.6|Additional metabolic pathways] → [category|SW 2.6.6|Miscellaneous metabolic pathways] → [category|SW 2.6.6.2|Biosynthesis of bacillithiol][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.3|Coping with stress] → [category|SW 4.3.8|Resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress]Gene
Coordinates
2,357,078 2,358,211
Phenotypes of a mutant
impaired growth in minimal medium, reduced activity of enzymes containing FeS cluster [Pubmed|25988368]sensitivity to superoxide (paraquate) stress [Pubmed|25988368]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
UDP-GlcNAc L-malate = GlcNAc(12)L-malate UDP [Pubmed|20308541]; also uses D-malate as a substrate, but with much lower affinity [Pubmed|20308541]Protein family
[SW|glycosyltransferase 1 family] (according to UniProt)[SW|Glycosyltransferase 4 subfamily] (according to UniProt)Effectors of protein activity
subject to feedback inhibition by bacillithiol [Pubmed|22569254]Structure
[PDB|5D00] [Pubmed|27454321]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|A828298EA2A002538876FBA6113648AAD9C4C317|ypjD]-[gene|5AB90032031653A913E15B26B3E1AE246E95AABF|dapB]-[gene|341F198B2BD4261B20C00181D084A7C5E33E39B3|mgsA]-[gene|60367F0396612C8A6491FD92A73B30BED7215506|bshB1]-[gene|187C78441816FC74B0FCCE34997E8AEC0A80B114|bshA]-[gene|4C4FA59FF5D100E941EF470C0C54E85681ADC74F|cca]-[gene|F761DBCE3429C99159F8F7CD8596FD9CF2D0589D|birA]
description
[Pubmed|20308541]
sigma factors
[protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|23894131], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]regulatory mechanism
[protein|2C6386E9A63F410558D168798D077DF91590F454|Spx]: activation, [Pubmed|23894131], in [regulon|2C6386E9A63F410558D168798D077DF91590F454|Spx regulon]regulation
induced by diamide stess (thiol depletion) ([protein|search|Spx]) [Pubmed|23894131]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-A410 (ypjH::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/410 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]''bshA::mls'' available in [SW|John_Helmann] labGP88 (''bshA''::''pX2''(''cat'')), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labBKE22460 ([gene|187C78441816FC74B0FCCE34997E8AEC0A80B114|bshA]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE22460 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_TCTCATTGTTCGCCCCCAAG, downstream forward: _UP4_GATTTAGCAGAACCGGAGTGBKK22460 ([gene|187C78441816FC74B0FCCE34997E8AEC0A80B114|bshA]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK22460 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_TCTCATTGTTCGCCCCCAAG, downstream forward: _UP4_GATTTAGCAGAACCGGAGTGReferences
Reviews
Original Publications
20308541,19578333,22569254,20799687,23894131,25988368,27454321