AlbA

• Description: radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme, antilisterial bacteriocin (subtilosin) production
  
  

Gene name	albA
Synonyms	ywiA
Essential	no
Product	radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme
Function	antilisterial bacteriocin (subtilosin) production
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: albA
MW, pI	51 kDa, 6.195
Gene length, protein length	1344 bp, 448 aa
Immediate neighbours	sboX, albB
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

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, ResD regulon, Rok regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37370

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • catalyzes thioether bond formation in subtilosin A PubMed
• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): contains two [4Fe-4S] clusters PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P71011

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sboA-sboX-albA-albB-albC-albD-albE-albF-albG PubMed

• Expression browser: albA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by Rok PubMed
  • expressed under anaerobic conditions (ResD) PubMed
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Rok: transcription repression PubMed
  • ResD: transcription activation PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Mark A Strauch, Benjamin G Bobay, John Cavanagh, Fude Yao, Angelo Wilson, Yoann Le Breton
Abh and AbrB control of Bacillus subtilis antimicrobial gene expression.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(21);7720-32
[PubMed:17720793] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Paul D Straight, Michael A Fischbach, Christopher T Walsh, David Z Rudner, Roberto Kolter
A singular enzymatic megacomplex from Bacillus subtilis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2007, 104(1);305-10
[PubMed:17190806] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mark Albano, Wiep Klaas Smits, Linh T Y Ho, Barbara Kraigher, Ines Mandic-Mulec, Oscar P Kuipers, David Dubnau
The Rok protein of Bacillus subtilis represses genes for cell surface and extracellular functions.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(6);2010-9
[PubMed:15743949] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M M Nakano, G Zheng, P Zuber
Dual control of sbo-alb operon expression by the Spo0 and ResDE systems of signal transduction under anaerobic conditions in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(11);3274-7
[PubMed:10809710] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

G Zheng, R Hehn, P Zuber
Mutational analysis of the sbo-alb locus of Bacillus subtilis: identification of genes required for subtilosin production and immunity.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(11);3266-73
[PubMed:10809709] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

G Zheng, L Z Yan, J C Vederas, P Zuber
Genes of the sbo-alb locus of Bacillus subtilis are required for production of the antilisterial bacteriocin subtilosin.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(23);7346-55
[PubMed:10572140] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)