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
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
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: