AmpS

• Description: aminopeptidase
  
  

Gene name	ampS
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	aminopeptidase
Function	required for biofilm formation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ampS
MW, pI	45 kDa, 4.954
Gene length, protein length	1230 bp, 410 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykpB, ykpC
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biofilm formation

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14450

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: peptidase M29 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39762

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: ampS PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Claudia Chagneau, Milton H Saier
Biofilm-defective mutants of Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2004, 8(3);177-88
[PubMed:16088219] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Winters, R Caldwell, L Enfield, E Ferrari
The ampS-nprE (124 degrees-127 degrees) region of the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome: sequencing of a 27 kb segment and identification of several genes in the area.
Microbiology (Reading): 1996, 142 ( Pt 11);3033-7
[PubMed:8969500] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)