bacA

bacilysin biosynthesis protein, prephenate decarboxylase

locus: BSU_37740

pI: 7.90

mw: 23.18 kDa

protein length: 204 aa

gene length: 615 bp

function: biosynthesis of the antibiotic bacilysin

product: anticapsin biosynthesis protein, prephenate decarboxylase

essential: no

synonyms: ywfB,ipa-80d

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.6|Additional metabolic pathways] → [category|SW 2.6.6|Miscellaneous metabolic pathways] → [category|SW 2.6.6.1|Biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds]
• [category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.3|Coping with stress] → [category|SW 4.3.15|Biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds]

Gene

Coordinates: 3,873,566 3,874,180

The protein

Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

• decarboxylation of prephenate [Pubmed|19776011]
• H⁺ + prephenate --> 3-[(4R)-4-hydroxycyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yl]-2-oxopropanoate + CO₂ (according to UniProt)

Protein family

• prephenate decarboxylase family (single member, according to UniProt)

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|3F49F4AEFC49C2883EFA60FEB3E77591F184195B|bacA]-[gene|0EEE23875DB720D256D53F00D1AD5EF24B538B27|bacB]-[gene|20A7DBA142F3BF8DCAD9732BD908CE8CC79AA993|bacC]-[gene|2CE0C0484A70EEE40277996CD3D564A84FEAF5B3|bacD]-[gene|4D2AD84E74888EC61E44DE5B8E31812F43250B05|bacE]-[gene|99434727013FCCD6E570AE550560A8546F7F2A41|bacF]
  description: [Pubmed|12372825]

  sigma factors

  • [protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|19801406], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]

  regulatory mechanism

  • [protein|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|CodY]: repression, [Pubmed|12372825,21709425], in [regulon|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|CodY regulon]
  • [protein|E5110D9C36E8C55AFD1419987B14A53232165F20|AbrB]: repression, [Pubmed|12697329,21709425], in [regulon|E5110D9C36E8C55AFD1419987B14A53232165F20|AbrB regulon]
  • [protein|F7FD94CE7AB290FBFD3A9B88F204961668F9B42C|ScoC]: repression, [Pubmed|19801406], in [regulon|F7FD94CE7AB290FBFD3A9B88F204961668F9B42C|ScoC regulon]

  regulation

  • expression of the operon is strongly induced at the beginning of [SW|biofilm formation] [pubmed|31113899]

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-B239 (ywfB::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/1238 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]
• BKE37740 ([gene|3F49F4AEFC49C2883EFA60FEB3E77591F184195B|bacA]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE37740 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGAGCACCAACCAATCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TTATTTGGAAAAGGAGACGT
• BKK37740 ([gene|3F49F4AEFC49C2883EFA60FEB3E77591F184195B|bacA]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK37740 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGAGCACCAACCAATCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TTATTTGGAAAAGGAGACGT

References

• 15609023,12399481,12372825,21948839,19776011,19801406,20052993,12697329,21709425,31113899