AckA

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  • Description: acetate kinase

Gene name ackA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product acetate kinase
Function overflow metabolism
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Central C-metabolism
MW, pI 42 kDa, 5.191
Gene length, protein length 1185 bp, 395 aa
Immediate neighbours moaB, ytxK
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

ATP synthesis, carbon core metabolism

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, CodY regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU29470

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + acetate = ADP + acetyl phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: acetokinase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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

Database entries

  • Structure: 2IIR (from Thermotoga maritima, 54% identity, 73% similarity)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expression activated by glucose (2.5 fold) (CcpA) PubMed
    • activated during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Linc Sonenshein, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA Homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Maria A Schumacher, Mareen Sprehe, Maike Bartholomae, Wolfgang Hillen, Richard G Brennan
Structures of carbon catabolite protein A-(HPr-Ser46-P) bound to diverse catabolite response element sites reveal the basis for high-affinity binding to degenerate DNA operators.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2011, 39(7);2931-42
[PubMed:21106498] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Robert P Shivers, Sean S Dineen, Abraham L Sonenshein
Positive regulation of Bacillus subtilis ackA by CodY and CcpA: establishing a potential hierarchy in carbon flow.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 62(3);811-22
[PubMed:16995897] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

T R Moir-Blais, F J Grundy, T M Henkin
Transcriptional activation of the Bacillus subtilis ackA promoter requires sequences upstream of the CcpA binding site.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(7);2389-93
[PubMed:11244084] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A J Turinsky, F J Grundy, J H Kim, G H Chambliss, T M Henkin
Transcriptional activation of the Bacillus subtilis ackA gene requires sequences upstream of the promoter.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(22);5961-7
[PubMed:9811655] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

F J Grundy, D A Waters, S H Allen, T M Henkin
Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis acetate kinase gene by CcpA.
J Bacteriol: 1993, 175(22);7348-55
[PubMed:8226682] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)