PrsA

• Description: post-translocational folding of exported proteins (post-translocation molecular chaperone)
  
  

Gene name	prsA
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	post-translocation molecular chaperone
Function	protein folding
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: PrsA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	32 kDa, 9.122
Gene length, protein length	876 bp, 292 aa
Immediate neighbours	yhaL, sscA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

protein secretion, essential genes, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU09950

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: catalyses the post-translocational folding of exported proteins PubMed, required for folding of penicillin-binding proteins (PbpA, PbpB, PbpC, PbpD) PubMed

• Protein family: PpiC domain (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:
  • PrsA is a lipoprotein with a N-acetyl-S-diacyl-glyceryl-cysteine structure PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • dimeric or oligomeric protein PubMed

• Localization:
  • membrane associated (lipoprotein) PubMed
  • distinct spots organized in a helical pattern along the cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 1ZK6

• UniProt: P24327

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 5.2.1.8

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: prsA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: