LcfB

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  • Description: long-chain fatty-acid-CoA ligase, involved in surfactin production

Gene name lcfB
Synonyms yhfL
Essential no
Product long-chain fatty-acid-CoA ligase
Function fatty acid degradation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Fatty acid degradation
MW, pI 56 kDa, 5.301
Gene length, protein length 1539 bp, 513 aa
Immediate neighbours yhfK, yhfM
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YhfL context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of lipids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, FadR regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU10270

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + a long-chain carboxylic acid + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + an acyl-CoA (according to Swiss-Prot), activates 3-hydroxy fatty acids for surfactin biosynthesis PubMed
  • Protein family: ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family (according to Swiss-Prot)

Extended information on the protein

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

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Femke I Kraas, Verena Helmetag, Melanie Wittmann, Matthias Strieker, Mohamed A Marahiel
Functional dissection of surfactin synthetase initiation module reveals insights into the mechanism of lipoinitiation.
Chem Biol: 2010, 17(8);872-80
[PubMed:20797616] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Yasutaro Fujita, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka
Regulation of fatty acid metabolism in bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 66(4);829-39
[PubMed:17919287] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Organization and function of the YsiA regulon of Bacillus subtilis involved in fatty acid degradation.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(8);5180-94
[PubMed:17189250] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)