AmpS

• Description: aminopeptidase
  
  

Gene name	ampS
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	aminopeptidase
Function	required for biofilm formation
MW, pI	45 kDa, 4.954
Gene length, protein length	1230 bp, 410 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykpB, ykpC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14450

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

biofilm formation

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: peptidase M29 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:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39762

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

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

Claudia Chagneau, Milton H Saier
Biofilm-defective mutants of Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2004, 8(3);177-88
[PubMed:16088219] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Winters, R Caldwell, L Enfield, E Ferrari
The ampS-nprE (124 degrees-127 degrees) region of the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome: sequencing of a 27 kb segment and identification of several genes in the area.
Microbiology (Reading): 1996, 142 ( Pt 11);3033-7
[PubMed:8969500] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)