SecA

• Description: preprotein translocase subunit (ATPase)
  
  

Gene name	secA
Synonyms	div, div-341, ts-341
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	preprotein translocase subunit (ATPase)
Function	protein secretion
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: secA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: SecA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	95 kDa, 5.34
Gene length, protein length	2523 bp, 841 aa
Immediate neighbours	prfB, yvyD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

protein secretion, essential genes, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35300

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP -> ADP + Pi + preprotein translocation

• Protein family: SecA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): none in Bacillus, some species have a paralogous secA gene named secA2 that has an altered substrate range

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains: nucleotide binding domain, preprotein binding domain, IRA2 domain, scaffold domain, wing domain, IRA1 domain, C-terminal domain

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): magnesium

• Effectors of protein activity: anionic phospholipids, preprotein, SecY, signal peptides (even when added in trans) PubMed

• Interactions:
  • (SecY-SecE-SecG)2-SecA2 PubMed
  • SecA-Ffh PubMed, CsaA-SecA PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1TF5 (open structure), 2IBM, 3DL8 (structure of the (SecY-SecE-SecG)-SecA complex PubMed

• UniProt: P28366

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: secA-prfB PubMed

• Expression browser: secA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant: Pspac-secA PubMed

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

-1-

Benedikt W Bauer, Tom A Rapoport
Mapping polypeptide interactions of the SecA ATPase during translocation.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2009, 106(49);20800-5
[PubMed:19933328] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Giorgos Gouridis, Spyridoula Karamanou, Ioannis Gelis, Charalampos G Kalodimos, Anastassios Economou
Signal peptides are allosteric activators of the protein translocase.
Nature: 2009, 462(7271);363-7
[PubMed:19924216] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jochen Zimmer, Yunsun Nam, Tom A Rapoport
Structure of a complex of the ATPase SecA and the protein-translocation channel.
Nature: 2008, 455(7215);936-43
[PubMed:18923516] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Haiyuan Ding, John F Hunt, Ishita Mukerji, Donald Oliver
Bacillus subtilis SecA ATPase exists as an antiparallel dimer in solution.
Biochemistry: 2003, 42(29);8729-38
[PubMed:12873133] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

-2-

Jochen Zimmer, Tom A Rapoport
Conformational flexibility and peptide interaction of the translocation ATPase SecA.
J Mol Biol: 2009, 394(4);606-12
[PubMed:19850053] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

John F Hunt, Sevil Weinkauf, Lisa Henry, John J Fak, Paul McNicholas, Donald B Oliver, Johann Deisenhofer
Nucleotide control of interdomain interactions in the conformational reaction cycle of SecA.
Science: 2002, 297(5589);2018-26
[PubMed:12242434] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

J P Müller, J Ozegowski, S Vettermann, J Swaving, K H Van Wely, A J Driessen
Interaction of Bacillus subtilis CsaA with SecA and precursor proteins.
Biochem J: 2000, 348 Pt 2(Pt 2);367-73
[PubMed:10816431] [WorldCat.org] (P p)

H Takamatsu, S Fuma, K Nakamura, Y Sadaie, A Shinkai, S Matsuyama, S Mizushima, K Yamane
In vivo and in vitro characterization of the secA gene product of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(13);4308-16
[PubMed:1385592] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)