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
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)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

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

• Interactions: SecA-FfH, CsaA-SecA, SecA-SecY, SecA-SecA

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

Database entries

• Structure: 1TF5 (open structure), 2IBM

• Swiss prot entry: P28366

• KEGG entry: BSU35300

• E.C. number:

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: secA-prfB

• Sigma factor:

• 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. Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed