class B penicillin-binding protein 2B, Pbp2B, required for the assembly of the cell division complex and septal cell wall synthesis
function
septation, cell division
product
penicillin-binding protein 2B
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 1|Cellular processes] → [category|SW 1.1|Cell envelope and cell division] → [category|SW 1.1.1|Cell wall synthesis] → [category|SW 1.1.1.7|Penicillin-binding proteins][category|SW 1|Cellular processes] → [category|SW 1.1|Cell envelope and cell division] → [category|SW 1.1.8|Cell division] → [category|SW 1.1.8.2|Other genes][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.1|Essential genes][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.12|Secreted proteins][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins]Gene
Coordinates
1,581,947 → 1,584,097
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential [Pubmed|12682299]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
septal cell wall synthesis (this function can be taken over by [protein|5BBA2769A9C0EDB56625F008A55470C2E2885AA4|PBP3]) [pubmed|28792086]assembly of the cell division complex (this is the reason for PbpB essentiality) [pubmed|28792086]Protein family
transpeptidase family (according to Swiss-Prot)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|38FD9805815BBDDD83789F0F402C0FB221B65FF4|SpoVD] [SW|Domains]
contains two C-terminal [SW|PASTA domain]s (aa 598-657, 658-714)Structure
[PDB|1RP5] (PBP 2x from ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'', 32% identity) [Pubmed|14734544][SW|Localization]
cell membrane [Pubmed|23869552,20870765]localizes to the division site, this depends on [protein|8AB7D225DBEE6BD695A4A8A2384D2C029B571C57|FtsW] [Pubmed|27895631,23895585]extracellular (signal peptide) [Pubmed|18957862]localizes to the sporulation septum during sporulation [Pubmed|15758244]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|A7131ACFA0CF5C222237C76E502D4AAD1F9BA3E4|mraZ]-[gene|1F894D6895CE13AA006CFE13A702E46C568F6E79|mraW]-[gene|79712F4CF884A660C71B45B3397AEFA5C0AFA683|ftsL]-[gene|EBEFF9E0A524DCDA19382E5401B923B805E4C559|pbpB]
description
[Pubmed|8636036,8244929]
regulation
constitutively expressed [Pubmed|15758244]view in new tabBiological materials
GFP fusion
3122 [gene|0467447B10EE7C1FDF86022AB6FBDBABFD32A9E5|trpC]2 [gene|EBEFF9E0A524DCDA19382E5401B923B805E4C559|pbpB]::pSG5061 (cat Pxyl-gfpa-[gene|EBEFF9E0A524DCDA19382E5401B923B805E4C559|pbpB]1-825) [pubmed|14731276], available in [SW|Dirk Jan Scheffers]' lab and in the [http://bgsc.org BGSC]two-hybrid system
''B. pertussis'' adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system ([SW|BACTH]), available in [SW|Jeff Errington] labFLAG-tag construct
GP2003 ''pbpB-3xFLAG spec'' (based on [SW|pGP1331]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labLabs working on this gene/protein
[SW|Jeff Errington], Newcastle University, UK [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/camb/staff/profile/jeff.errington homepage]References
8636036,14731276,8244929,20487272,10652091,19429628,18957862,21219466,20870765,14734544,23895585,24655324,27895631,28792086