LtaS

• Description: lipoteichoic acid synthase
  
  

Gene name	yflE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	lipoteichoic acid synthase
Function	biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid
MW, pI	74 kDa, 5.202
Gene length, protein length	1947 bp, 649 aa
Immediate neighbours	nagP, yflD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: LTA synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YfnI, YqgS, YvgJ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O34952

• KEGG entry: BSU07710

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• [[Sigma factor]]:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

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. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed