SpsK

• Description: dTDP -4-dehydrorhamnose reductase, spore coat polysaccharide synthesis
  
  

Gene name	spsK
Synonyms	ipa-73d
Essential	no
Product	dTDP -4-dehydrorhamnose reductase
Function	rhamnose biosynthesis, spore coat polysaccharide synthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: spsK
MW, pI	31 kDa, 6.081
Gene length, protein length	849 bp, 283 aa
Immediate neighbours	spsL, spsJ
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

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

GerE regulon, SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37820

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU37820

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU37820

• Structure: 3SC6 (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase (rfbD) from Bacillus anthracis str. Ames in complex with NADP; 42% identity, 72% similarity)

• UniProt: P39631

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.133

Expression and regulation

• Operon: spsA-spsB-spsC-spsD-spsE-spsF-spsG-spsI-spsJ-spsK-spsL PubMed

• Expression browser: spsK PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK, GerE) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GerE: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: