BglS

• Description: endo-beta-1,3-1,4 glucanase
  
  

Gene name	bglS
Synonyms	bgl, licS
Essential	no
Product	endo-beta-1,3-1,4 glucanase
Function	lichenan degradation
MW, pI	27 kDa, 6.482
Gene length, protein length	726 bp, 242 aa
Immediate neighbours	citH, licT
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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• Localization: secreted (according to Swiss-Prot), extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed, extracellular

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P04957

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.73 3

Expression and regulation

• Operon: licT-bglS, bglS PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (3.1-fold) (CcpA) PubMed, expressed in the stationary phase (temporal activation), carbon catabolite repression (CcpA) PubMed, weak induction by ß-glucosides (LicT) PubMed
• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, CcpA: transcription repression PubMed, LicT: binding to an RNA switch results in transcriptional antitermination PubMed

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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References

1. Voigt et al. (2009) Cell physiology and protein secretion of Bacillus licheniformis compared to Bacillus subtilis. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol. 16: 53-68 PubMed
2. Blencke et al. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab Eng. 5: 133-149 PubMed

1. Murphy ND, McConnell DJ, Cantwell BA. 1984. The DNA sequence of the gene and genetic control sites for the excreted Bacillus subtilis enzyme β-glucanase. Nucl. Acids Res. 12:5355-5367. PubMed
2. Stülke, J., Hanschke, R. & Hecker, M. (1993) Temporal activation of ß-glucanase synthesis in Bacillus subtilis is mediated by the GTP pool. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139: 2041-2045. PubMed
3. Krüger, S., Stülke, J. & Hecker, M. (1993) Carbon catabolite repression of ß-glucanase synthesis in Bacillus subtilis. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139: 2047-2054. PubMed
4. Schnetz, K., Stülke, J., Gertz, S., Krüger, S., Krieg, M., Hecker, M. & Rak, B. (1996) LicT, a Bacillus subtilis transcriptional antiterminator protein of the BglG family. J. Bacteriol. 178: 1971-1979. PubMed
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