YqgS

• Description: polyglycerolphosphate lipoteichoic acid synthase
  
  

Gene name	yqgS
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	minor lipoteichoic acid synthase
Function	biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yqgS
MW, pI	73 kDa, 4.822
Gene length, protein length	1914 bp, 638 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqgT, glcK
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24840

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

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

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • localizes to the division septum PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54496

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: yqgS PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Additional reviews: PubMed

Original publications

Michihiro Hashimoto, Takahiro Seki, Satoshi Matsuoka, Hiroshi Hara, Kei Asai, Yoshito Sadaie, Kouji Matsumoto
Induction of extracytoplasmic function sigma factors in Bacillus subtilis cells with defects in lipoteichoic acid synthesis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2013, 159(Pt 1);23-35
[PubMed:23103977] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Mirka E Wörmann, Rebecca M Corrigan, Peter J Simpson, Steve J Matthews, Angelika Gründling
Enzymatic activities and functional interdependencies of Bacillus subtilis lipoteichoic acid synthesis enzymes.
Mol Microbiol: 2011, 79(3);566-83
[PubMed:21255105] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Kathrin Schirner, Jon Marles-Wright, Richard J Lewis, Jeff Errington
Distinct and essential morphogenic functions for wall- and lipo-teichoic acids in Bacillus subtilis.
EMBO J: 2009, 28(7);830-42
[PubMed:19229300] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)