BceA

• Description: ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein) for the export of bacitracin, plectasin, mersacidin and actagardine
  
  

Gene name	ytsC
Synonyms	bceA
Essential	no
Product	bacitracin ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein)
Function	export of toxic peptides
MW, pI	28 kDa, 9.287
Gene length, protein length	759 bp, 253 aa
Immediate neighbours	bceB, bceS
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, resistance against toxins/ antibiotics, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

BceR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30380

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ABC transporter family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • BceA-BceB PubMed

• Localization: membrane associated (via BceB) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34697

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: bceA-bceB PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced in the presence of bacitracin, plectasin, mersacidin and actagardine (BceR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • BceR: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Foglino M. PubMed

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Stéphanie Coumes-Florens, Céline Brochier-Armanet, Annick Guiseppi, François Denizot, Maryline Foglino
A new highly conserved antibiotic sensing/resistance pathway in firmicutes involves an ABC transporter interplaying with a signal transduction system.
PLoS One: 2011, 6(1);e15951
[PubMed:21283517] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Eva Rietkötter, Diana Hoyer, Thorsten Mascher
Bacitracin sensing in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 68(3);768-85
[PubMed:18394148] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Remi Bernard, Annick Guiseppi, Marc Chippaux, Maryline Foglino, François Denizot
Resistance to bacitracin in Bacillus subtilis: unexpected requirement of the BceAB ABC transporter in the control of expression of its own structural genes.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(23);8636-42
[PubMed:17905982] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Thorsten Mascher, Neil G Margulis, Tao Wang, Rick W Ye, John D Helmann
Cell wall stress responses in Bacillus subtilis: the regulatory network of the bacitracin stimulon.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1591-604
[PubMed:14651641] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Remi Bernard, Pascale Joseph, Annick Guiseppi, Marc Chippaux, François Denizot
YtsCD and YwoA, two independent systems that confer bacitracin resistance to Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2003, 228(1);93-7
[PubMed:14612242] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Reiko Ohki, Giyanto, Kozue Tateno, Waka Masuyama, Shigeki Moriya, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara
The BceRS two-component regulatory system induces expression of the bacitracin transporter, BceAB, in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(4);1135-44
[PubMed:12890034] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)