BltD

• Description: spermidine/ spermine acetyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	bltD
Synonyms	bmr2D, bmtD
Essential	no
Product	spermidine/ spermine acetyltransferase
Function	spermidine degradation
MW, pI	17 kDa, 6.087
Gene length, protein length	456 bp, 152 aa
Immediate neighbours	blt, yrkA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU26600

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Acetyl-CoA + an alkane-alpha,omega-diamine = CoA + an N-acetyldiamine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

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:

• Swiss prot entry: P39909

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.57

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

D P Woolridge, J D Martinez, D E Stringer, E W Gerner
Characterization of a novel spermidine/spermine acetyltransferase, BltD, from Bacillus subtilis.
Biochem J: 1999, 340 ( Pt 3)(Pt 3);753-8
[PubMed:10359661] [WorldCat.org] (P p)

D P Woolridge, N Vazquez-Laslop, P N Markham, M S Chevalier, E W Gerner, A A Neyfakh
Efflux of the natural polyamine spermidine facilitated by the Bacillus subtilis multidrug transporter Blt.
J Biol Chem: 1997, 272(14);8864-6
[PubMed:9083003] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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