AcpS

• Description: acyl-carrier protein synthase, 4'-phosphopantetheine transferase
  
  

Gene name	acpS
Synonyms	ydcB
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	acyl-carrier protein synthase
Function	fatty acid biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: acpS
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: AcpS
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	13 kDa, 9.915
Gene length, protein length	363 bp, 121 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydcA, ydcC
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

biosynthesis of lipids, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04620

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: CoA-(4'-phosphopantetheine) + apo-[acyl-carrier-protein] = adenosine 3',5'-bisphosphate + holo-[acyl-carrier-protein] (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: AcpS family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): magnesium PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • AcpA-AcpS PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1F7T PubMed, 1F80 (complex with AcpA) PubMed

• UniProt: P96618

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.8.7

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: acpS PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Stephen W White, Jie Zheng, Yong-Mei Zhang, Rock
The structural biology of type II fatty acid biosynthesis.
Annu Rev Biochem: 2005, 74;791-831
[PubMed:15952903] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)