AcpA

• Description: acyl carrier protein
  
  

Gene name	acpA
Synonyms	acpP
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	acyl carrier protein
Function	fatty acid biosynthesis
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	8 kDa, 3.594
Gene length, protein length	231 bp, 77 aa
Immediate neighbours	fabG, rnc
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15920

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of lipids, essential genes

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: AcpA-AcpS PubMed, AcpA-BioI PubMed, malonyl-ACP-FapR PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot), during sporulation in the mother cell PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 1F80 (complex with AcpS) PubMed, 3EJE (complex with BioI) PubMed, 1HY8

• UniProt: P80643

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • fapR-plsX-fabD-fabG-acpA PubMed
  • acpA PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • fapR: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • fapR: repressed in the absence of malonyl-CoA or malonyl-ACP (FapR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FapR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Diego de Mendoza, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentine homepage