TagA
- Description: UDP-N-acetyl-D-mannosamine transferase
| Gene name | tagA |
| Synonyms | |
| Essential | yes PubMed, no PubMed |
| Product | UDP-N-acetyl-D-mannosamine transferase |
| Function | biosynthesis of teichoic acid |
| MW, pI | 29 kDa, 10.133 |
| Gene length, protein length | 768 bp, 256 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | tagD, tagB |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Expression at a glance PubMed
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU35750
Phenotypes of a mutant
- essential PubMed, reduced growth rate, loss of rod-like morphology PubMed
- inactivation of tagA strongly restores beta-lactam resistance in a sigM mutant PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: UDP-N-acetyl-D-mannosamine + N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyldiphosphoundecaprenol = UDP + N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosaminyl-1,4-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyldiphosphoundecaprenol (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: glycosyltransferase 26 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization:
- secreted (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: P27620
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number: 2.4.1.187
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Additional publications: PubMed
