DltB

• Description: D-alanine transfer from Dcp to undecaprenol-phosphate
  
  

Gene name	dltB
Synonyms	ipa-4r
Essential	no
Product	D-alanine transfer from Dcp to undecaprenol-phosphate
Function	biosynthesis of teichoic acid acid (D-alanyl transfer from Dcp to undecaprenol-phosphate)
MW, pI	46 kDa, 9.944
Gene length, protein length	1185 bp, 395 aa
Immediate neighbours	dltA, dltC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, transporters/ other, biosynthesis of cell wall components, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, W, X, Y), membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon, SigX regulon, Spo0A regulon, stringent response, YvrHb regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38510

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: membrane-bound acyltransferase 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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), membrane associated PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39580

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: dltA-dltB-dltC-dltD-dltE PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigD PubMed, SigX PubMed

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • activated by YvrHb PubMed
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: