LytC

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  • Description: N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase, required for flagellar function PubMed

Gene name lytC
Synonyms cwlB
Essential no
Product N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase
Function major autolysin, cell separation, wall turnover

lysis, motility and general cell lysis induced by sodium azide

Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: lytC

lysis, motility and general cell lysis induced by sodium azide

Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
LytC
MW, pI 52 kDa, 10.108
Gene length, protein length 1488 bp, 496 aa
Immediate neighbours tuaA, lytB
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
LytC context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall degradation/ turnover, motility and chemotaxis

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon, SlrR regulon, YvrHb regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU35620

Phenotypes of a mutant

  • impaired in motility, the phenotype is suppressed by mutations in lonA or smiA PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydrolyzes the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in certain cell-wall glycopeptides (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 3 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Yunrong Chai, Thomas Norman, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
An epigenetic switch governing daughter cell separation in Bacillus subtilis.
Genes Dev: 2010, 24(8);754-65
[PubMed:20351052] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Rui Chen, Sarah B Guttenplan, Kris M Blair, Daniel B Kearns
Role of the sigmaD-dependent autolysins in Bacillus subtilis population heterogeneity.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(18);5775-84
[PubMed:19542270] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Masakuni Serizawa, Keisuke Kodama, Hiroki Yamamoto, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara, Junichi Sekiguchi
Functional analysis of the YvrGHb two-component system of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the regulated genes by DNA microarray and northern blot analyses.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2005, 69(11);2155-69
[PubMed:16306698] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hiroki Yamamoto, Shin-ichirou Kurosawa, Junichi Sekiguchi
Localization of the vegetative cell wall hydrolases LytC, LytE, and LytF on the Bacillus subtilis cell surface and stability of these enzymes to cell wall-bound or extracellular proteases.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(22);6666-77
[PubMed:14594841] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

T Shida, H Hattori, F Ise, J Sekiguchi
Overexpression, purification, and characterization of Bacillus subtilis N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase CwlC.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2000, 64(7);1522-5
[PubMed:10945275] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Margot, V Lazarevic, D Karamata
Effect of the SinR protein on the expression of the Bacillus subtilis 168 lytABC operon.
Microb Drug Resist: 1996, 2(1);119-21
[PubMed:9158733] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

V Lazarevic, P Margot, B Soldo, D Karamata
Sequencing and analysis of the Bacillus subtilis lytRABC divergon: a regulatory unit encompassing the structural genes of the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase and its modifier.
J Gen Microbiol: 1992, 138(9);1949-61
[PubMed:1357079] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)