YvgJ

• Description: lipoteichoic acid synthesis primase
  
  

Gene name	yvgJ
Synonyms	yvsF
Essential	no
Product	lipoteichoic acid synthesis primase
Function	biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yvgJ
MW, pI	70 kDa, 5.31
Gene length, protein length	1851 bp, 617 aa
Immediate neighbours	yvsG, yvgK
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, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33360

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, YqgS

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O32206

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: yvgJ PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Additional reviews: PubMed

Nathalie T Reichmann, Angelika Gründling
Location, synthesis and function of glycolipids and polyglycerolphosphate lipoteichoic acid in Gram-positive bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2011, 319(2);97-105
[PubMed:21388439] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)