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• Description: penicillin-binding proteins 1A and 1B
  
  

Gene name	ponA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	penicillin-binding proteins 1A and 1B
Function	involved in division septum formation
MW, pI	99 kDa, 4.752
Gene length, protein length	2742 bp, 914 aa
Immediate neighbours	recU, ypoC
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

prevents bulging of the cells when grown at low Mg(2+) concentrations, suppresses the lethal effect of a mreB mutation PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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:

• Localization: localizes to the spore septum during sporulation Link to a summary

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry:

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: constitutive during vegetative growth Link to a summary

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Jeff Errington lab

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Jeff Errington, Newcastle University, UK homepage

References

1. Kawai, Y., R. A. Daniel, J. Errington (2009) Regulation of cell wall morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis by recruitment of PBP1 to the MreB helix. Mol. Microbiol. 71: 1131-1144. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed