GgaA

• Description: galactosamine-containing minor teichoic acid biosynthesis
  
  

Gene name	ggaA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	biosynthesis of teichoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ggaA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: GgaA
MW, pI	52 kDa, 9.055
Gene length, protein length	1338 bp, 446 aa
Immediate neighbours	ggaB, yvzI
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

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, phosphoproteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

PhoP regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35690

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU35690

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: glycosyltransferase 2 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:
  • phosphorylated on Arg-85 PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU35690

• Structure:

• UniProt: P46917

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ggaA-ggaB PubMed

• Expression browser: ggaA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed when phosphate is available (PhoP) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PhoP: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • An antisense RNA is predicted for ggaA PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: