FabD

• Description: malonyl CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase
  
  

Gene name	fabD
Synonyms	ylpE
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	malonyl CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase
Function	fatty acid biosynthesis
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	33 kDa, 4.515
Gene length, protein length	951 bp, 317 aa
Immediate neighbours	plsX, fabG
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15900

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of lipids, essential genes

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Malonyl-CoA + [acyl-carrier-protein] = CoA + malonyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: fabD family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1MLA (the enzyme from E. coli) PubMed

• UniProt: P71019

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.39

Expression and regulation

• Operon: fapR-plsX-fabD-fabG-acpA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced if the cells experience an accumulation of malonyl-CoA (FapR) PubMed
  • expressed at high cell density (ComA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComA: transcription activation (ComA) PubMed
  • FapR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original Publications

Mariano A Martinez, Diego de Mendoza, Gustavo E Schujman
Transcriptional and functional characterization of the gene encoding acyl carrier protein in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2010, 156(Pt 2);484-495
[PubMed:19850612] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Gustavo E Schujman, Marcelo Guerin, Alejandro Buschiazzo, Francis Schaeffer, Leticia I Llarrull, Georgina Reh, Alejandro J Vila, Pedro M Alzari, Diego de Mendoza
Structural basis of lipid biosynthesis regulation in Gram-positive bacteria.
EMBO J: 2006, 25(17);4074-83
[PubMed:16932747] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Natalia Comella, Alan D Grossman
Conservation of genes and processes controlled by the quorum response in bacteria: characterization of genes controlled by the quorum-sensing transcription factor ComA in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(4);1159-74
[PubMed:16091051] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Gustavo E Schujman, Luciana Paoletti, Alan D Grossman, Diego de Mendoza
FapR, a bacterial transcription factor involved in global regulation of membrane lipid biosynthesis.
Dev Cell: 2003, 4(5);663-72
[PubMed:12737802] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Serre, E C Verbree, Z Dauter, A R Stuitje, Z S Derewenda
The Escherichia coli malonyl-CoA:acyl carrier protein transacylase at 1.5-A resolution. Crystal structure of a fatty acid synthase component.
J Biol Chem: 1995, 270(22);12961-4
[PubMed:7768883] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)