UppS
- Description: undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase
| Gene name | uppS |
| Synonyms | yluA |
| Essential | no |
| Product | undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase |
| Function | biosynthesis of terpenoids |
| Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: uppS | |
| MW, pI | 29 kDa, 5.408 |
| Gene length, protein length | 780 bp, 260 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | frr, cdsA |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Expression at a glance PubMed
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU16530
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Di-trans,poly-cis-decaprenyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + di-trans,poly-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: UPP synthetase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: O31751
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number: 2.5.1.31
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Sigma factor:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
