AcpS

• Description: acyl-carrier protein synthase
  
  

Gene name	acpS
Synonyms	ydcB
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	acyl-carrier protein synthase
Function	fatty acid biosynthesis
MW, pI	13 kDa, 9.915
Gene length, protein length	363 bp, 121 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydcA, ydcC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04620

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: CoA-(4'-phosphopantetheine) + apo-[acyl-carrier-protein] = adenosine 3',5'-bisphosphate + holo-[acyl-carrier-protein] (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: AcpS family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: AcpA-AcpS PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1F7T PubMed, 1F80 (complex with AcpA) PubMed

• UniProt: P96618

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.8.7

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original Publications

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)

Mohammad Reza Mofid, Robert Finking, Mohamed A Marahiel
Recognition of hybrid peptidyl carrier proteins/acyl carrier proteins in nonribosomal peptide synthetase modules by the 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferases AcpS and Sfp.
J Biol Chem: 2002, 277(19);17023-31
[PubMed:11867633] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H D Mootz, R Finking, M A Marahiel
4'-phosphopantetheine transfer in primary and secondary metabolism of Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2001, 276(40);37289-98
[PubMed:11489886] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K D Parris, L Lin, A Tam, R Mathew, J Hixon, M Stahl, C C Fritz, J Seehra, W S Somers
Crystal structures of substrate binding to Bacillus subtilis holo-(acyl carrier protein) synthase reveal a novel trimeric arrangement of molecules resulting in three active sites.
Structure: 2000, 8(8);883-95
[PubMed:10997907] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)