GpsA

• Description: glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NAD)
  
  

Gene name	gpsA
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NAD)
Function	biosynthesis of phospholipids
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gpsA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	37 kDa, 6.231
Gene length, protein length	1035 bp, 345 aa
Immediate neighbours	yphE, engA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of lipids, essential genes,

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22830

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + NAD(P)⁺ = glycerone phosphate + NAD(P)H (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: NAD-dependent glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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  • cytoplasm PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 3K96 (from Coxiella burnetii RSA 493, 37% identity, 59% similarity)

• UniProt: P46919

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.94

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: gpsA PubMed

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

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References

Ayako Nishibori, Jin Kusaka, Hiroshi Hara, Masato Umeda, Kouji Matsumoto
Phosphatidylethanolamine domains and localization of phospholipid synthases in Bacillus subtilis membranes.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(6);2163-74
[PubMed:15743965] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H R Morbidoni, D de Mendoza, J E Cronan
Synthesis of sn-glycerol 3-phosphate, a key precursor of membrane lipids, in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(20);5899-905
[PubMed:7592341] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)