5' part of the split gene [gene|240CD6EA3793821F5109252BDEF69C0120E454EF|ypqP] (together with [gene|240CD6EA3793821F5109252BDEF69C0120E454EF|ypqP]), legionaminic acid synthesis and addition on the spore surface, in B. subtilis 168 the gene is disrupted by the [category|SW 5.1.2|SP-beta prophage]
function
legionaminic acid synthesis
product
UDP-NAcGlcA inverting 4,6-dehydratase (N-terminal part)
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.6|Additional metabolic pathways] → [category|SW 2.6.6|Miscellaneous metabolic pathways] → [category|SW 2.6.6.8|Biosynthesis of legionaminic acid (for spore crust))][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.1|Sporulation proteins] → [category|SW 4.2.1.5|Newly identified sporulation proteins (based on transcription profiling)]Gene
Coordinates
2,151,626 → 2,152,045
Phenotypes of a mutant
the [gene|240CD6EA3793821F5109252BDEF69C0120E454EF|ypqP] mutant of PY79 has a less hydrophobic spore surface [pubmed|32817102]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
required for spore crust assembly, legionaminic acid synthesis and addition on the spore surface [pubmed|32817102]Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|5DB168A3D087AAEB003D7548A1A4356ABD07F712|EpsC]: [SW|Domains]
SpsM: Polysacc_synt_2 domain (Pfam accession number, PF02719) in the 18–296-aa region [Pubmed|25299644]Structure
[PDB|2GN4] (from Helicobacter pylori, 46% identity) [pubmed|16651261][SW|Localization]
secreted (according to Swiss-Prot)Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|F42B27D5D7F3F39828940E377ABCC0730B25EA88|yodU]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
sigma factors
[protein|24F7FD5C7C3A68BB2760ABB8CBD8FBD65E5FF7D4|SigK]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|25299644,15383836], in [regulon|24F7FD5C7C3A68BB2760ABB8CBD8FBD65E5FF7D4|SigK regulon]regulatory mechanism
[protein|19228BAD44E6DA3DE908DC390FDF628C18D94E65|GerE]: activation, [Pubmed|25299644,15383836], in [regulon|19228BAD44E6DA3DE908DC390FDF628C18D94E65|GerE regulon]regulation
expressed late during [SW|sporulation] in the mother cell ([protein|search|SigK], [protein|search|GerE]) [Pubmed|25299644,15383836]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-A060 (yodU::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/60 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]BKE19810 (Δ[gene|F42B27D5D7F3F39828940E377ABCC0730B25EA88|yodU]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE19810 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGGCTTATCCTCCAACTC, downstream forward: _UP4_GTATATTAAGATACTTACTABKK19810 (Δ[gene|F42B27D5D7F3F39828940E377ABCC0730B25EA88|yodU]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK19810 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGGCTTATCCTCCAACTC, downstream forward: _UP4_GTATATTAAGATACTTACTAReferences
25299644,15383836,25326298,28535266,16651261,32817102