BacA

• Description: bacilysin biosynthesis protein, prephenate decarboxylase
  
  

Gene name	bacA
Synonyms	ywfB, ipa-80d
Essential	no
Product	anticapsin biosynthesis protein, prephenate decarboxylase
Function	biosynthesis of the antibiotic bacilysin
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: bacA
MW, pI	23 kDa, 7.896
Gene length, protein length	612 bp, 204 aa
Immediate neighbours	bacB, ywfA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, CodY regulon, ScoC regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37740

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: decarboxylation of prephenate PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39638

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: bacA-bacB-bacC-bacD-bacE-bacF PubMed

• Expression browser: bacA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed
  • ScoC: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed