NtdB

• Description: synthesis of the antibiotic neotrehalosadiamine
  
  

Gene name	ntdB
Synonyms	yhjK
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	synthesis of the antibiotic neotrehalosadiamine
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ntdB
MW, pI	33 kDa, 5.352
Gene length, protein length	858 bp, 286 aa
Immediate neighbours	ntdC, ntdA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds

This gene is a member of the following regulons

NtdR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU10540

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: Cof 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: 3GYG

• UniProt: O07565

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ntdA-ntdB-ntdC-glcP PubMed

• Expression browser: ntdB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: induced by 3,3'-neotrehalosadiamine (NtdR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: NtdR: positive regulator PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Takashi Inaoka, Kozo Ochi
Activation of dormant secondary metabolism neotrehalosadiamine synthesis by an RNA polymerase mutation in Bacillus subtilis.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2011, 75(4);618-23
[PubMed:21512256] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications

Takashi Inaoka, Takenori Satomura, Yasutaro Fujita, Kozo Ochi
Novel gene regulation mediated by overproduction of secondary metabolite neotrehalosadiamine in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2009, 291(2);151-6
[PubMed:19087206] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Takashi Inaoka, Kozo Ochi
Glucose uptake pathway-specific regulation of synthesis of neotrehalosadiamine, a novel autoinducer produced in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(1);65-75
[PubMed:17056753] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Takashi Inaoka, Kosaku Takahashi, Hiroshi Yada, Mitsuru Yoshida, Kozo Ochi
RNA polymerase mutation activates the production of a dormant antibiotic 3,3'-neotrehalosadiamine via an autoinduction mechanism in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2004, 279(5);3885-92
[PubMed:14612444] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)