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epsC

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4,6-dehydratase, required for extracellular polysaccharide synthesis, this gene is inactive in B. subtilis 168
locus
BSU_34350
pI
8.77
mw
66.09 kDa
protein length
598 aa Sequence Blast
gene length
1797 bp Sequence Blast
function
[category|SW 4.1.2|Biofilm formation], biosynthesis of N,N'-diacetylbacillosamine
product
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4,6-dehydratase
essential
no
synonyms
yveM
Outlinks
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Genomic Context

      

categories

  • [category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1|Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1.2|Biofilm formation]
  • [category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1|Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1.2|Biofilm formation] → [category|SW 4.1.2.1|Matrix polysaccharide synthesis]
  • [category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins]

    • Gene

    Coordinates
    3,526,407 3,528,203

    The protein

    Protein family

  • [SW|Polysaccharide synthase family] (according to UniProt)

    • Paralogous protein(s)

  • [protein|F42B27D5D7F3F39828940E377ABCC0730B25EA88|YodU]:
  • [protein|240CD6EA3793821F5109252BDEF69C0120E454EF|YpqP]:

    • [SW|Cofactors]

  • NAD+ [pubmed|30222950]

    • Structure

  • [PDB|5BJW] (from Campylobacter jejuni, corresponds to the C-terminal part of EpsC, aa 242 ... 571, 47% identity) [pubmed|29053280]

    • [SW|Localization]

  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

    • Expression and Regulation

    Operons

    genes
    [gene|F6C4634BF871D9A01E27014FFED7527C54BF560D|epsA]-[gene|9B668909E1380B287ACE58561DCF45FC29184D8B|epsB]-[gene|5DB168A3D087AAEB003D7548A1A4356ABD07F712|epsC]-[gene|223E979276F07D69D0DDAEE906023A8AB4F37F8E|epsD]-[gene|5D717F9F54693FD0AA8BC49E10348637858F88B9|epsE]-[gene|DB47BA2A5E3BED51DD8630E7D321C099D74B46CF|epsF]-[gene|C4D81976AAE888C4FE89A2EE5CF9A763CAD645FF|epsG]-[gene|BD843389F95BFB905071547AB243413A617F12A8|epsH]-[gene|6EBD8F7065B6C1996067F3120DD9CFEA91D3A444|epsI]-[gene|5272E807B6B98541EA155AA9748320E25767F096|epsJ]-[gene|66076952E512D53FC1FC62455A86ACFA21AE120D|epsK]-[gene|D67665412B78B56752B460219445E4BEF52C3A1A|epsL]-[gene|40EA584CF77FFF7D7E4E74B414EC69ADE3A1585B|epsM]-[gene|0D24AB8D446CFFBC6DEAD3C10D1FA59551545FE8|epsN]-[gene|52A47B49B1FB955EE7E3C316B57A2B4134F78480|epsO]
    description
    [Pubmed|15661000]

    sigma factors

  • [protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15661000], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]

    • regulatory mechanism

  • [protein|6AF1CB8998BE9C71DF4F1201A7F74FF7E75CB799|RemA]: activation, [Pubmed|23646920], in [regulon|6AF1CB8998BE9C71DF4F1201A7F74FF7E75CB799|RemA regulon]
  • [protein|E5110D9C36E8C55AFD1419987B14A53232165F20|AbrB]: repression, [Pubmed|20817675], in [regulon|E5110D9C36E8C55AFD1419987B14A53232165F20|AbrB regulon]
  • [protein|5A6FBAE6553343092862CB79E150F934978C32A9|SinR]: anti-activation, (prevents binding of [protein|6AF1CB8998BE9C71DF4F1201A7F74FF7E75CB799|RemA]) [Pubmed|23646920], in [regulon|5A6FBAE6553343092862CB79E150F934978C32A9|SinR regulon]
  • [regulon|EAR riboswitch|EAR riboswitch]: processive antitermination, in [regulon|EAR riboswitch|EAR riboswitch]

    • regulation

  • repressed by [protein|5A6FBAE6553343092862CB79E150F934978C32A9|SinR] [Pubmed|15661000]

    • additional information

  • induction by sequestration of [protein|5A6FBAE6553343092862CB79E150F934978C32A9|SinR] by [protein|24D6A7DDCB25B99FBB670E9203F826596916B35C|SinI] or [protein|C17C296F3EB2E106C380E3B5D784F3FA63F4C9B7|SlrA] [PubMed|15661000,19788541]
  • expression is increased in [gene|21D260E900776EAAF4B6000A3365DCA9241EACA6|rsiX] mutants [pubmed|32483306]
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    Biological materials

    Mutant

  • MGNA-A071 (yveM::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/71 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]
  • BKE34350 ([gene|5DB168A3D087AAEB003D7548A1A4356ABD07F712|epsC]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE34350 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTGACAGTCTTCTCCGGT, downstream forward: _UP4_AGCGTTCATTAGGGGGAGTG
  • BKK34350 ([gene|5DB168A3D087AAEB003D7548A1A4356ABD07F712|epsC]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK34350 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTGACAGTCTTCTCCGGT, downstream forward: _UP4_AGCGTTCATTAGGGGGAGTG

    • References

    Reviews

  • 20384681,20735481

    • Research papers

  • 27655338,30222950,29053280

    • The EAR [SW|RNA switch]

  • 20374491,20230605

    • Labs working on this gene/protein

  • [SW|Richard Losick], Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA [http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/Losick/ homepage]