GlgB

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  • Description: 1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzyme

Gene name glgB
Synonyms
Essential no
Product 1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzyme
Function glycogen biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: glgB
MW, pI 73 kDa, 6.237
Gene length, protein length 1881 bp, 627 aa
Immediate neighbours glgC, trnB-Glu
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
GlgB context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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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: BSU30980

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Transfers a segment of a (1->4)-alpha-D-glucan chain to a primary hydroxy group in a similar glucan chain (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: glycosyl hydrolase 13 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): AmyX

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • 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:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

J A Kiel, J M Boels, G Beldman, G Venema
Glycogen in Bacillus subtilis: molecular characterization of an operon encoding enzymes involved in glycogen biosynthesis and degradation.
Mol Microbiol: 1994, 11(1);203-18
[PubMed:8145641] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)