GlgA

• Description: glycogen synthase (ADPGlc)
  
  

Gene name	glgA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	glycogen synthase (ADPGlc)
Function	glycogen biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: glgA
MW, pI	55 kDa, 5.155
Gene length, protein length	1452 bp, 484 aa
Immediate neighbours	glgP, glgD
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

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30950

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ADP-glucose + (1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl)(n) = ADP + (1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl)(n+1) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Bacterial/plant glycogen synthase subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39125

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.4.1.21

Expression and regulation

• Operon: glgB-glgC-glgD-glgA-glgP PubMed

• Expression browser: glgA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell (SigE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: