dltE

dltE
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D-alanine transfer from undecaprenol-phosphate to the poly(glycerophosphate) chain, alanylation of teichoic acid provides some resistance against positively charged antimicrobial peptides

Locus
BSU_38540
Molecular weight
28.12 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.09
Protein length
252 aaSequenceBlast
Gene length
759 bpSequenceBlast
Function
biosynthesis of teichoic acid
Product
D-alanine transfer from undecaprenol-phosphate to the poly(glycerophosphate) chain
Essential
no
Synonyms
dltE, ipa-1r
Outlinks
BsubCyc SubtiList UniProt STRING Genoscapist PaperBLAST

Genomic Context

Categories containing this gene/protein

List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG3967 (Galperin et al., 2021)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Gene
Coordinates
3,956,492  3,957,250
Phenotypes of a mutant
more sensitive to nisin PubMed
The protein
Protein family
Short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family (according to UniProt)
Structure
5FF9 (PDB) (28% identity) PubMed
P39577 (AlphaFold)
Localization
cytoplasm (according to UniProt)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Genes
dltX-dltA-dltB-dltC-dltD-dltE
Description
PubMed
Regulation
expression is reduced in a SigV mutant PubMed
the mRNA is processed between dltX and dltA by RNase Y, this requires the RicA-RicF-RicT complex PubMed
Regulatory mechanism
YvrHb: activation, PubMed, in yvrHb regulon
Spo0A: repression, PubMed, in spo0A regulon
stringent response: negative regulation, in stringent response
Sigma factors
SigD: sigma factor, PubMed, in sigD regulon
SigM: sigma factor, PubMed, in sigM regulon
SigX: sigma factor, PubMed, in sigX regulon
SigV: sigma factor, PubMed, in sigV regulon
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dltX→dltE

2025-03-16 15:57:21

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Biological materials
Mutant
BKE38540 (dltE::erm  trpC2) available at BGSC,  PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTGGATGTAACACCTCTT,  downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTTCTCCTGCTTTTTTC
BKK38540 (dltE::kan  trpC2) available at BGSC,  PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTGGATGTAACACCTCTT,  downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTTCTCCTGCTTTTTTC
References
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