NagA

• Description: N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase
  
  

Gene name	nagA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase
Function	N-acetylglucosamine utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism, Murein recycling
MW, pI	42 kDa, 5.276
Gene length, protein length	1188 bp, 396 aa
Immediate neighbours	hprK, nagB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall degradation/ turnover, utilization of specific carbon sources

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, YvoA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35010

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + H₂O = D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + acetate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: nagA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information: K(M): 1.4 mM PubMed

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2VHL PubMed

• UniProt: O34450

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 3.5.1.25

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced by N-acetylglucosamine PubMed
  • repressed by glucose (2.9-fold) (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Florence Vincent, David Yates, Elspeth Garman, Gideon J Davies, James A Brannigan
The three-dimensional structure of the N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase, NagA, from Bacillus subtilis: a member of the urease superfamily.
J Biol Chem: 2004, 279(4);2809-16
[PubMed:14557261] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Jonathan Reizer, Steffi Bachem, Aiala Reizer, Maryvonne Arnaud, Milton H Saier, Jörg Stülke
Novel phosphotransferase system genes revealed by genome analysis - the complete complement of PTS proteins encoded within the genome of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1999, 145 ( Pt 12);3419-3429
[PubMed:10627040] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H L Mobley, R J Doyle, U N Streips, S O Langemeier
Transport and incorporation of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1982, 150(1);8-15
[PubMed:6174502] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C J BATES, C A PASTERNAK
FURTHER STUDIES ON THE REGULATION OF AMINO SUGAR METABOLISM IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS.
Biochem J: 1965, 96(1);147-54
[PubMed:14343123] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)