DgkA
- Description: undecaprenol kinase
| Gene name | dgkA |
| Synonyms | yqxF |
| Essential | no |
| Product | undecaprenol kinase |
| Function | cell wall biosynthesis |
| MW, pI | 12 kDa, 7.128 |
| Gene length, protein length | 342 bp, 114 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | cdd, yqfG |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, membrane proteins
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU25310
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: bacterial diacylglycerol kinase 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: cell membrane at the septum PubMed
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: P19638
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number: 2.7.1.107
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulation:
- 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
Agoston Jerga, Ying-Jie Lu, Gustavo E Schujman, Diego de Mendoza, Charles O Rock
Identification of a soluble diacylglycerol kinase required for lipoteichoic acid production in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(30);21738-45
[PubMed:17535816]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Ayako Nishibori, Jin Kusaka, Hiroshi Hara, Masato Umeda, Kouji Matsumoto
Phosphatidylethanolamine domains and localization of phospholipid synthases in Bacillus subtilis membranes.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(6);2163-74
[PubMed:15743965]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Samuel Amiteye, Kazuo Kobayashi, Daisuke Imamura, Shigeo Hosoya, Naotake Ogasawara, Tsutomu Sato
Bacillus subtilis diacylglycerol kinase (DgkA) enhances efficient sporulation.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(17);5306-9
[PubMed:12923107]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
