tuaG

sugar transferase

Locus: BSU_35550

Isoelectric point: 7.14

Molecular weight: 29.19 kDa

Protein length: 252 aa

Gene length: 759 bp

Function: biosynthesis of teichuronic acid

Product: sugar transferase

Essential: no

Synonyms: yvhG

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Cellular processes → Cell envelope and cell division → Cell wall synthesis → Biosynthesis of teichuronic acid
• Metabolism → Additional metabolic pathways → Biosynthesis of cell wall components → Biosynthesis of teichuronic acid
• Lifestyles → Sporulation → Sporulation proteins → Sporulation proteins/ other

Gene

Coordinates: 3,651,097 3,651,855

The protein

Protein family

• glycosyltransferase 2 family (according to UniProt)

Structure

• 5TZE (from Staphylococcus aureus, corresponds to aa 9 ... 141, 37% identity) PubMed

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: tuaA/2-tuaA/1-tuaB-tuaC-tuaD-tuaE-tuaF-tuaG-tuaH
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigA: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigA regulon
  • SigF: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigF regulon

  Regulatory mechanism

  • PhoP: activation, PubMed, in PhoP regulon

  Regulation

  • expressed during sporulation in the forespore (SigF) PubMed

Biological materials

Mutant

• BKE35550 (tuaG::erm trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGATCACATCTCCATCGT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAGCTGCAAACAGAGAGAAA
• BKK35550 (tuaG::kan trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGATCACATCTCCATCGT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAGCTGCAAACAGAGAGAAA

References

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