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pgaC

Victor ID 5233
Gene Name pgaC
NCBI Nucleotide GI 259020301
NCBI Protein GI 259020302
Locus Tag FJ866499
Protein Accession ACV90435.1
Other Database IDs CDD:236882
CDD:133045
Taxonomy ID 470
Gene Strand (Orientation) ?
Protein Name PgaC
Protein Length 392
Protein Note N-glycosyltransferase; Provisional
DNA Sequence
>gi|259020301|gb|FJ866499.1| Acinetobacter baumannii strain S1 PgaC (pgaC) gene, complete cds
ATGGTAGGAGGTCTCTGGTTTTTCTTTAAAAGGGAATATCATGAGCAGCAACTGCCTGAGCCATCAAGTG
AAGGGTGCAGTATTATTATTCCTTGCTTTAATGAAGAAGCTCAGGTCCGACAAACGATTCGTTATGCATT
ACAAACAAAATATCCGAATTTTGAAGTCATTGCCGTAAATGACGGAAGTAGTGACAGCACTGCAGAAATT
CTTGATGAACTGGCAGCTCAAGATGCCCGATTAAGAGTTGTGCACCTGGCAGAAAACCAAGGTAAGGCCG
TAGCTTTAAGATCGGGAGTGTTAGTAAGTAAATACGAATATCTAGTTTGTATTGACGGAGACGCTTTATT
ACATCCTCATGCAGTACTTTGGCTTATGCAGCCTTTTTTAAATTTTCCAAGAATTGGTGCTGTAACCGGT
AATCCTAGAATTTTAAATCGCTCAAGTATTTTAGGTAAATTACAAGTTGGCGAGTTCTCTTCAATTATTG
GCTTGATTAAGCGCGCACAAAGAACATATGGCCGTATTTTTACAGTATCAGGTGTAATTGCAGCATTTAG
AAAGACCGCTTTGGTTCGCGTGGGCTTTTGGTCTGATGACAAAATTACGGAAGATATTGATATCTCTTGG
AAGCTCCAAATGGACCATTGGGACATTCAATATATTCCTCAAGCACTTTGTTATATCTATATGCCGGAAA
CCTTTAAAGGCCTTTGGAAACAGCGTTTACGCTGGGCACAAGGTGGGGTAGAGGTATTATTAGAATATAT
TCCGAAAATGTTCAAACTCCGCTTGCGCCGTATGTGGCCGGTAATGCTCGAAGCTTTAATCAGTATTATT
TGGTCATATGTGATGATTATGATTTTTATTCTATTTTTTGTGGGATTGTTTGTGGATTTACCGCAACAAT
TTCAAATTAATTCACTCATGCCGCAGTGGTATGGCGTGATATTAGGTGGAACATGTCTTGTCCAATTTCT
AGTAAGTTTATGGATAGACCATCGTTATGATCGTGGTCGGCTTTTTAGAAATTATTTTTGGGTAATTTGG
TATCCATTATTTTTCTGGTTACTGACCTTATTTACCAGTGTTGTTGCAGTACCCAAAACTATATTTAACA
CCAAAAAACGTGCTCGTTGGGTAAGCCCTGACCGAGGCTTCCGTGGAGATCATTCATGA

Protein Sequence
>gi|259020302|gb|ACV90435.1| PgaC [Acinetobacter baumannii]
MVGGLWFFFKREYHEQQLPEPSSEGCSIIIPCFNEEAQVRQTIRYALQTKYPNFEVIAVNDGSSDSTAEI
LDELAAQDARLRVVHLAENQGKAVALRSGVLVSKYEYLVCIDGDALLHPHAVLWLMQPFLNFPRIGAVTG
NPRILNRSSILGKLQVGEFSSIIGLIKRAQRTYGRIFTVSGVIAAFRKTALVRVGFWSDDKITEDIDISW
KLQMDHWDIQYIPQALCYIYMPETFKGLWKQRLRWAQGGVEVLLEYIPKMFKLRLRRMWPVMLEALISII
WSYVMIMIFILFFVGLFVDLPQQFQINSLMPQWYGVILGGTCLVQFLVSLWIDHRYDRGRLFRNYFWVIW
YPLFFWLLTLFTSVVAVPKTIFNTKKRARWVSPDRGFRGDHS

Molecule Role Virulence factor
Molecule Role Annotation Deletion of the pga locus (the pgaABC genes) led to loss of the strong biofilm phenotype, which was restored by complementation (Choi et al., 2009).

pgaC is predicted to encode a 392-amino-acid N-glycosyltransferase that belongs to the glycosyltransferase 2 family. This family includes PgaC, BpsC, HmsR, and IcaA from E. coli, B. pertussis, Y. pestis, and S. aureus, respectively. A. baumannii PgaC shares 55% identity with E. coli PgaC, 47% identity with B. pertussis BpsC, and 55% identity with Y. pestis HmsR. In addition, the five amino acids that have been shown to be critical for the catalytic activity of glycosyltransferases are all conserved in PgaC (Asp112, Asp205, Gln241, Arg244, and Trp245) (Choi et al., 2009).
References
Choi et al., 2009: Choi AH, Slamti L, Avci FY, Pier GB, Maira-Litrán T. The pgaABCD locus of Acinetobacter baumannii encodes the production of poly-beta-1-6-N-acetylglucosamine, which is critical for biofilm formation. Journal of bacteriology. 2009; 191(19); 5953-5963. [PubMed: 19633088].