CapB

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  • Description: capsular polyglutamate biosynthesis

Gene name capB
Synonyms ywsC, pgsB
Essential no
Product poly-gamma-glutamate synthetase
Function capsule synthesis
MW, pI 43 kDa, 5.073
Gene length, protein length 1179 bp, 393 aa
Immediate neighbours capC, rbsR
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YwsC context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

capsule biosynthesis and degradation

This gene is a member of the following regulons

DegU regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU35900

Phenotypes of a mutant

no synthesis of the poly-gamma-glutamate capsule PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: synthesis of poly-gamma-glutamate from L-Glu PubMed
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism: DegU-P: transcription activation PubMed
  • Additional information: The operon is not expressed in the lab strain 168 due to lack of expression of DegQ resulting in inactivity of DegS and DegU

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Massimiliano Marvasi, Pieter T Visscher, Lilliam Casillas Martinez
Exopolymeric substances (EPS) from Bacillus subtilis: polymers and genes encoding their synthesis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2010, 313(1);1-9
[PubMed:20735481] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications

Tohru Kamei, Daisuke Yamashiro, Terumi Horiuchii, Yutaka Minouchi, Makoto Ashiuchi
Identification and biochemical characterization of membranous short-chain polyglutamate from Bacillus subtilis.
Chem Biodivers: 2010, 7(6);1563-72
[PubMed:20564574] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Chuan-Mei Yeh, Jyh-Perng Wang, Shih-Ching Lo, Wen-Chia Chan, Ming-Yi Lin
Chromosomal integration of a synthetic expression control sequence achieves poly-gamma-glutamate production in a Bacillus subtilis strain.
Biotechnol Prog: 2010, 26(4);1001-7
[PubMed:20564357] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Taku Ohsawa, Kensuke Tsukahara, Mitsuo Ogura
Bacillus subtilis response regulator DegU is a direct activator of pgsB transcription involved in gamma-poly-glutamic acid synthesis.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2009, 73(9);2096-102
[PubMed:19734658] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Keitarou Kimura, Lam-Son Phan Tran, Thi-Huyen Do, Yoshifumi Itoh
Expression of the pgsB encoding the poly-gamma-DL-glutamate synthetase of Bacillus subtilis (natto).
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2009, 73(5);1149-55
[PubMed:19420703] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Cecilia Osera, Giuseppe Amati, Cinzia Calvio, Alessandro Galizzi
SwrAA activates poly-gamma-glutamate synthesis in addition to swarming in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2009, 155(Pt 7);2282-2287
[PubMed:19389763] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Yuji Urushibata, Shinji Tokuyama, Yasutaka Tahara
Difference in transcription levels of cap genes for gamma-polyglutamic acid production between Bacillus subtilis IFO 16449 and Marburg 168.
J Biosci Bioeng: 2002, 93(2);252-4
[PubMed:16233197] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Yuji Urushibata, Shinji Tokuyama, Yasutaka Tahara
Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis ywsC gene, involved in gamma-polyglutamic acid production.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(2);337-43
[PubMed:11751809] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)