plsC

acyl-ACP:1-acylglycerolphosphate acyltransferase

Locus: BSU_09540

Isoelectric point: 9.98

Molecular weight: 21.78 kDa

Protein length: 199 aa

Gene length: 600 bp

Function: biosynthesis of phospholipids

Product: acyl-ACP:1-acylglycerolphosphate acyltransferase

Essential: yes

E.C.: 2.3.1.51

Synonyms: yhdO

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Metabolism → Lipid metabolism → Biosynthesis of lipids → Biosynthesis of fatty acids
• Lifestyles → Coping with stress → General stress proteins (controlled by SigB)
• Groups of genes → Essential genes
• Groups of genes → Membrane proteins

Gene

Coordinates: 1,031,395 → 1,031,994

Phenotypes of a mutant

• essential PubMed

The protein

Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

• Acyl-AcpA + 1-acyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate --> AcpA + 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate (according to UniProt)

Protein family

• 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase family (single member, according to UniProt)

Structure

• 5KYM (from Thermotoga maritima) PubMed

Localization

• cell membrane at the septum PubMed

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: yhdN-plsC
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigB: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigB regulon

  Regulatory mechanism

  • FapR: repression, PubMed, in FapR regulon

  Regulation

  • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-B483 (yhdO::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan

References

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