TreA

• Description: phospho-alpha-glucosidase
  
  

Gene name	treA
Synonyms	treC
Essential	no
Product	phospho-alpha-glucosidase
Function	trehalose utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	65 kDa, 4.895
Gene length, protein length	1683 bp, 561 aa
Immediate neighbours	treP, treR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU07810

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Alpha,alpha-trehalose 6-phosphate + H₂O = D-glucose + D-glucose 6-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: glycosyl hydrolase 13 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: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P39795

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.93 3

Expression and regulation

• Operon: treP-treA-treR

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP1118 (spc), available in the Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

F Schöck, M K Dahl
Analysis of DNA flanking the treA gene of Bacillus subtilis reveals genes encoding a putative specific enzyme IITre and a potential regulator of the trehalose operon.
Gene: 1996, 175(1-2);59-63
[PubMed:8917076] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

F Schöck, M K Dahl
Expression of the tre operon of Bacillus subtilis 168 is regulated by the repressor TreR.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(15);4576-81
[PubMed:8755887] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Gotsche, M K Dahl
Purification and characterization of the phospho-alpha(1,1)glucosidase (TreA) of Bacillus subtilis 168.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(10);2721-6
[PubMed:7751281] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C Helfert, S Gotsche, M K Dahl
Cleavage of trehalose-phosphate in Bacillus subtilis is catalysed by a phospho-alpha-(1-1)-glucosidase encoded by the treA gene.
Mol Microbiol: 1995, 16(1);111-120
[PubMed:7651129] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)