Ugd

• Description: UDP-glucose dehydrogenase
  
  

Gene name	ugd
Synonyms	ywqF
Essential	no
Product	UDP-glucose dehydrogenase
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ugd
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: Ugd
MW, pI	47 kDa, 5.03
Gene length, protein length	1320 bp, 440 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywqG, ptpZ
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

phosphoproteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU36230

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU36230

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: UDP-glucose + 2 NAD⁺ + H₂O = UDP-glucuronate + 2 NADH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: UDP-glucose/GDP-mannose dehydrogenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): TuaD, YtcA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylation on Tyr-70 by PtkA PubMed, dephosphorylated by PtpZ PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: phosphorylation by PtkA stimulates activity of Ugd PubMed

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU36230

• Structure:

• UniProt: P96718

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.22

Expression and regulation

• Operon: tkmA-ptkA-ptpZ-ugd PubMed

• Expression browser: ugd PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • DegU-P: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Taryn B Kiley, Nicola R Stanley-Wall
Post-translational control of Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation mediated by tyrosine phosphorylation.
Mol Microbiol: 2010, 78(4);947-63
[PubMed:20815827] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Dina Petranovic, Christophe Grangeasse, Boris Macek, Mohammad Abdillatef, Virginie Gueguen-Chaignon, Sylvie Nessler, Josef Deutscher, Ivan Mijakovic
Activation of Bacillus subtilis Ugd by the BY-kinase PtkA proceeds via phosphorylation of its residue tyrosine 70.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2009, 17(2);83-9
[PubMed:19258708] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ivan Mijakovic, Lucia Musumeci, Lutz Tautz, Dina Petranovic, Robert A Edwards, Peter Ruhdal Jensen, Tomas Mustelin, Josef Deutscher, Nunzio Bottini
In vitro characterization of the Bacillus subtilis protein tyrosine phosphatase YwqE.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(10);3384-90
[PubMed:15866923] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ivan Mijakovic, Dina Petranovic, Josef Deutscher
How tyrosine phosphorylation affects the UDP-glucose dehydrogenase activity of Bacillus subtilis YwqF.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2004, 8(1);19-25
[PubMed:15741737] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ivan Mijakovic, Sandrine Poncet, Grégory Boël, Alain Mazé, Sylvie Gillet, Emmanuel Jamet, Paulette Decottignies, Christophe Grangeasse, Patricia Doublet, Pierre Le Maréchal, Josef Deutscher
Transmembrane modulator-dependent bacterial tyrosine kinase activates UDP-glucose dehydrogenases.
EMBO J: 2003, 22(18);4709-18
[PubMed:12970183] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)