TagD

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  • Description: glycerol-3-phosphate cytidylyltransferase

Gene name tagD
Synonyms
Essential yes PubMed
Product glycerol-3-phosphate cytidylyltransferase
Function biosynthesis of teichoic acid
MW, pI 15 kDa, 5.672
Gene length, protein length 387 bp, 129 aa
Immediate neighbours tagE, tagA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
TagD context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

PhoP regulon, WalR regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU35740

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: CTP + sn-glycerol 3-phosphate = diphosphate + CDP-glycerol (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: cytidylyltransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Additional information:
    • The mRNA has a long 5' leader region. This may indicate RNA-based regulation PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Irnov Irnov, Cynthia M Sharma, Jörg Vogel, Wade C Winkler
Identification of regulatory RNAs in Bacillus subtilis.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2010, 38(19);6637-51
[PubMed:20525796] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Alistair Howell, Sarah Dubrac, Kasper Krogh Andersen, David Noone, Juliette Fert, Tarek Msadek, Kevin Devine
Genes controlled by the essential YycG/YycF two-component system of Bacillus subtilis revealed through a novel hybrid regulator approach.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(6);1639-55
[PubMed:12950927] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A P Bhavsar, T J Beveridge, E D Brown
Precise deletion of tagD and controlled depletion of its product, glycerol 3-phosphate cytidylyltransferase, leads to irregular morphology and lysis of Bacillus subtilis grown at physiological temperature.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(22);6688-93
[PubMed:11673441] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C H Weber, Y S Park, S Sanker, C Kent, M L Ludwig
A prototypical cytidylyltransferase: CTP:glycerol-3-phosphate cytidylyltransferase from bacillus subtilis.
Structure: 1999, 7(9);1113-24
[PubMed:10508782] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Qi, F M Hulett
Role of Pho-P in transcriptional regulation of genes involved in cell wall anionic polymer biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(15);4007-10
[PubMed:9683503] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

W Liu, S Eder, F M Hulett
Analysis of Bacillus subtilis tagAB and tagDEF expression during phosphate starvation identifies a repressor role for PhoP-P.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(3);753-8
[PubMed:9457886] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C Mauël, A Bauduret, C Chervet, S Beggah, D Karamata
In Bacillus subtilis 168, teichoic acid of the cross-wall may be different from that of the cylinder: a hypothesis based on transcription analysis of tag genes.
Microbiology (Reading): 1995, 141 ( Pt 10);2379-89
[PubMed:7581998] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A L Honeyman, G C Stewart
The nucleotide sequence of the rodC operon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1989, 3(9);1257-68
[PubMed:2507871] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)