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Revision as of 13:53, 31 October 2012

  • Description: D-alanine carrier protein, alanylation of teichoic acid provides some resistance against positively charged antimicrobial peptides

Gene name dltC
Synonyms ipa-3r
Essential no
Product D-alanine carrier protein
Function biosynthesis of teichoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: dltC
MW, pI 8 kDa, 3.621
Gene length, protein length 234 bp, 78 aa
Immediate neighbours dltB, dltD
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
DltC context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
DltC expression.png















Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon, SigM regulon, SigX regulon, Spo0A regulon, stringent response, YvrHb regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU38520

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + D-alanine + poly(ribitol phosphate) = AMP + diphosphate + O-D-alanyl-poly(ribitol phosphate) (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
    • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
    • expression is reduced in a SigV mutant PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Juergen J May, Robert Finking, Frank Wiegeshoff, Thomas T Weber, Nina Bandur, Ulrich Koert, Mohamed A Marahiel
Inhibition of the D-alanine:D-alanyl carrier protein ligase from Bacillus subtilis increases the bacterium's susceptibility to antibiotics that target the cell wall.
FEBS J: 2005, 272(12);2993-3003
[PubMed:15955059] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Min Cao, John D Helmann
The Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic-function sigmaX factor regulates modification of the cell envelope and resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(4);1136-46
[PubMed:14762009] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Perego, P Glaser, A Minutello, M A Strauch, K Leopold, W Fischer
Incorporation of D-alanine into lipoteichoic acid and wall teichoic acid in Bacillus subtilis. Identification of genes and regulation.
J Biol Chem: 1995, 270(26);15598-606
[PubMed:7797557] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)