UppS

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  • Description: undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase, provides the precursor for the carrier lipid, undecaprenyl phosphate (C55-P), which is required for cell wall synthesis

Gene name uppS
Synonyms yluA
Essential yes PubMed
Product undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase
Function cell wall biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: uppS
MW, pI 29 kDa, 5.408
Gene length, protein length 780 bp, 260 aa
Immediate neighbours frr, cdsA
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of lipids, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU16530

Phenotypes of a mutant

  • essential PubMed
  • the uppS86 (C257T) mutation provides resistance to rare earth metals such as scandium and to bacitracin PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: catalyzes eight consecutive condensation reactions of isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) with farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) to form undecaprenyl pyrophosphate
  • Protein family: UPP synthetase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
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  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Yong Heon Lee, John D Helmann
Reducing the Level of Undecaprenyl Pyrophosphate Synthase Has Complex Effects on Susceptibility to Cell Wall Antibiotics.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother: 2013, 57(9);4267-4275
[PubMed:23796923] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Takashi Inaoka, Kozo Ochi
Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate involvement in susceptibility of Bacillus subtilis to rare earth elements.
J Bacteriol: 2012, 194(20);5632-7
[PubMed:22904278] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)