TagO

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  • Description: teichoic acid linkage unit synthesis

Gene name tagO
Synonyms yvhI
Essential yes PubMed
Product teichoic acid linkage unit synthesis
Function biosynthesis of teichoic acid
MW, pI 39 kDa, 10.424
Gene length, protein length 1074 bp, 358 aa
Immediate neighbours yvhJ, tuaH
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
TagO context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU35530

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + undecaprenyl phosphate = UMP + N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyldiphospho-undecaprenol (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: glycosyltransferase 4 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
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  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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  • Regulation:
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  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Alex Formstone, Rut Carballido-López, Philippe Noirot, Jeffery Errington, Dirk-Jan Scheffers
Localization and interactions of teichoic acid synthetic enzymes in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(5);1812-21
[PubMed:18156271] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Blazenka Soldo, Vladimir Lazarevic, Dimitri Karamata
tagO is involved in the synthesis of all anionic cell-wall polymers in Bacillus subtilis 168.
Microbiology (Reading): 2002, 148(Pt 7);2079-2087
[PubMed:12101296] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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