CadA

• Description: cadmium transporting ATPase, resistance to cadmium
  
  

Gene name	cadA
Synonyms	yvgW
Essential	no
Product	cadmium transporting ATPase
Function	cadmium export
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cadA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: metal ion homeostasis
MW, pI	75 kDa, 5.998
Gene length, protein length	2106 bp, 702 aa
Immediate neighbours	bdbD, copA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, resistance against toxic metals, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CzrA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33490

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + H₂O + Cd²⁺(In) = ADP + phosphate + Cd²⁺(Out) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Type IB subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O32219

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 3.6.3.3

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cadA PubMed

• Expression browser: cadA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by toxic metal ions (Zn(II), Cd(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II)) (CzrA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CzrA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

John Helmann, Cornell University, USA Homepage

References

Charles M Moore, Ahmed Gaballa, Monica Hui, Rick W Ye, John D Helmann
Genetic and physiological responses of Bacillus subtilis to metal ion stress.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(1);27-40
[PubMed:15948947] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ahmed Gaballa, John D Helmann
Bacillus subtilis CPx-type ATPases: characterization of Cd, Zn, Co and Cu efflux systems.
Biometals: 2003, 16(4);497-505
[PubMed:12779235] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

I M Solovieva, K D Entian
Investigation of the yvgW Bacillus subtilis chromosomal gene involved in Cd(2+) ion resistance.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2002, 208(1);105-9
[PubMed:11934502] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)