ggt
168
gamma-glutamyltransferase
Locus
BSU_18410
Molecular weight
64.01 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.45
Function
degradation of poly-glutamate capsules
Product
gamma-glutamyltransferase
Essential
no
E.C.
2.3.2.2
Synonyms
ggt, pac
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0405 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
2,004,677 2,006,440
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
α-amino acid + N-terminal (5-L-glutamyl)-[peptide] --> 5-L-glutamyl amino acid + N-terminal L-α-aminoacyl-[peptide] (according to UniProt)
glutathione + H2O --> L-cysteinylglycine + L-glutamate (according to UniProt)
S-substituted glutathione + H2O --> S-substitued L-cysteinylglycine + L-glutamate (according to UniProt)
Protein family
gamma-glutamyltransferase family (with YwrD, according to UniProt)
Structure
extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Genes
Description
Regulation
strongly induced in response to glucose starvation in M9 medium PubMed
Additional information
translation is likely to require Efp due to the presence of several consecutive proline residues PubMed
Biological materials
Mutant
References
Reviews
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Time of last update: 2025-04-08 19:53:03
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