LcfB

• Description: long-chain fatty-acid-CoA ligase, involved in surfactin production
  
  

Gene name	lcfB
Synonyms	yhfL
Essential	no
Product	long-chain fatty-acid-CoA ligase
Function	fatty acid degradation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: lcfB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Fatty acid degradation
MW, pI	56 kDa, 5.301
Gene length, protein length	1539 bp, 513 aa
Immediate neighbours	yhfK, yhfM
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of lipids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, FadR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU10270

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + a long-chain carboxylic acid + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + an acyl-CoA (according to Swiss-Prot), activates 3-hydroxy fatty acids for surfactin biosynthesis PubMed

• Protein family: ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): LcfA, YhfT, YngI

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O07610

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 6.2.1.3

Expression and regulation

• Operon: lcfB PubMed

• Expression browser: lcfB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced in the presence of long-chain fatty acids (FadR) PubMed
  • subject to carbon catabolite repression (CcpA-HPr(Ser-P) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FadR: transcription repression PubMed
  • CcpA-HPr(Ser-P): transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: available in Mohamed Marahiel's lab PubMed

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Femke I Kraas, Verena Helmetag, Melanie Wittmann, Matthias Strieker, Mohamed A Marahiel
Functional dissection of surfactin synthetase initiation module reveals insights into the mechanism of lipoinitiation.
Chem Biol: 2010, 17(8);872-80
[PubMed:20797616] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Yasutaro Fujita, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka
Regulation of fatty acid metabolism in bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 66(4);829-39
[PubMed:17919287] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Organization and function of the YsiA regulon of Bacillus subtilis involved in fatty acid degradation.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(8);5180-94
[PubMed:17189250] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)