TatAD

• Description: component of the TatAD-TatCD twin-arginine translocase
  
  

Gene name	tatAD
Synonyms	yczB
Essential	no
Product	component of the twin-arginine translocation pathway
Function	TAT protein secretion
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: TatAD
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	7 kDa, 9.693
Gene length, protein length	210 bp, 70 aa
Immediate neighbours	phoD, tatCD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

phosphate metabolism, protein secretion, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

PhoP regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02630

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: translocation of PhoD PubMed

• Protein family: tatA/E family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • TatAD-PhoD PubMed
  • TatAD-TatCD, TatAD-TatCY PubMed

• Localization: membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), forms foci at the division sites and cell poles, localization requires interaction with TatCD or TatCY PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 2L16 PubMed

• UniProt: O31467

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed under conditions of phosphate limitation (PhoP) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PhoP: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Oscar Kuipers, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Homepage

References

James P Barnett, Janna Lawrence, Sharon Mendel, Colin Robinson
Expression of the bifunctional Bacillus subtilis TatAd protein in Escherichia coli reveals distinct TatA/B-family and TatB-specific domains.
Arch Microbiol: 2011, 193(8);583-94
[PubMed:21479530] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

René van der Ploeg, Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Marc Schaffer, Emma L Denham, Carmine G Monteferrante, Marcus Miethke, Mohamed A Marahiel, Colin R Harwood, Theresa Winter, Michael Hecker, Haike Antelmann, Jan Maarten van Dijl
Environmental salinity determines the specificity and need for Tat-dependent secretion of the YwbN protein in Bacillus subtilis.
PLoS One: 2011, 6(3);e18140
[PubMed:21479178] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Yunfei Hu, Enwei Zhao, Hongwei Li, Bin Xia, Changwen Jin
Solution NMR structure of the TatA component of the twin-arginine protein transport system from gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
J Am Chem Soc: 2010, 132(45);15942-4
[PubMed:20726548] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Anja N J A Ridder, Esther J de Jong, Jan D H Jongbloed, Oscar P Kuipers
Subcellular localization of TatAd of Bacillus subtilis depends on the presence of TatCd or TatCy.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(13);4410-8
[PubMed:19395490] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jan D H Jongbloed, Ulrike Grieger, Haike Antelmann, Michael Hecker, Reindert Nijland, Sierd Bron, Jan Maarten van Dijl
Two minimal Tat translocases in Bacillus.
Mol Microbiol: 2004, 54(5);1319-25
[PubMed:15554971] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ovidiu I Pop, Martin Westermann, Rudolf Volkmer-Engert, Daniela Schulz, Cornelius Lemke, Sandra Schreiber, Roman Gerlach, Reinhard Wetzker, Jörg P Müller
Sequence-specific binding of prePhoD to soluble TatAd indicates protein-mediated targeting of the Tat export in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2003, 278(40);38428-36
[PubMed:12867413] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J D Jongbloed, U Martin, H Antelmann, M Hecker, H Tjalsma, G Venema, S Bron, J M van Dijl, J Müller
TatC is a specificity determinant for protein secretion via the twin-arginine translocation pathway.
J Biol Chem: 2000, 275(52);41350-7
[PubMed:11007775] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Additional publications: PubMed