PdaB

Gene name	pdaB
Synonyms	ybaN
Essential	no
Product	polysaccharide deacetylase
Function	spore cortex formation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: pdaB
MW, pI	28 kDa, 9.182
Gene length, protein length	762 bp, 254 aa
Immediate neighbours	kbaA, rrnI-16S
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU01570

Phenotypes of a mutant

pdaB ytrI and pdaB ytrH mutants are deficient in sporulation

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: polysaccharide deacetylase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: forespore (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P50865

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pdaB PubMed

• Expression browser: pdaB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation: expressed during sporulation in the mother cell PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: SpoIIID: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information: the mRNA is very stable (half-life > 15 min) PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: