DacF

• Description: penicillin-binding protein I, D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidase
  
  

Gene name	dacF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	penicillin-binding protein I, D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidase
Function	carboxypeptidase
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	43 kDa, 9.912
Gene length, protein length	1167 bp, 389 aa
Immediate neighbours	spoIIAA, pupG
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigF regulon, SigG regulon, AbrB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23480

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: modifies degree of cross-linking of glycan strands in peptidoglycan

• Protein family: peptidase S11 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

• Structure:

• UniProt: P38422

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: dacF-spoIIAA-spoIIAB-sigF

• Sigma factor: SigF PubMed, SigG

• Regulation:
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • expressed during sporulation in the forespore PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Stephanie T Wang, Barbara Setlow, Erin M Conlon, Jessica L Lyon, Daisuke Imamura, Tsutomu Sato, Peter Setlow, Richard Losick, Patrick Eichenberger
The forespore line of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2006, 358(1);16-37
[PubMed:16497325] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Knut Büttner, Rüdiger Bode, Michael Hecker
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression modulated by amino acid availability.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(15);4288-95
[PubMed:12107147] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D L Popham, M E Gilmore, P Setlow
Roles of low-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins in Bacillus subtilis spore peptidoglycan synthesis and spore properties.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(1);126-32
[PubMed:9864321] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Peter J Lewis, Jeffery Errington
Use of green fluorescent protein for detection of cell-specific gene expression and subcellular protein localization during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1996, 142 ( Pt 4);733-740
[PubMed:8936302] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)