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Gene Review:

bcsC - cellulose synthase subunit

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

Synonyms: ECK3515, JW5942, yhjL

Wong, H.C. et al.

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High impact information on bcsC

The calculated molecular masses of the proteins encoded by bcsA, bcsB, bcsC, and bcsD are 84.4, 85.3, 141.0, and 17.3 kDa, respectively [1].
Mutants in the bcsC and bcsD genes were impaired in cellulose production in vivo, even though they had the capacity to make all the necessary metabolic precursors and cyclic diguanylic acid, the activator of cellulose synthase, and exhibit cellulose synthase activity in vitro [1].
The four genes--bcsA, bcsB, bcsC, and bcsD--appear to be translationally coupled and transcribed as a polycistronic mRNA with an initiation site 97 bases upstream of the coding region of the first gene (bcsA) in the operon [1].

Other interactions of bcsC

The functions of the bcsA, bcsC, and bcsD gene products are unknown [1].

References

Genetic organization of the cellulose synthase operon in Acetobacter xylinum. Wong, H.C., Fear, A.L., Calhoon, R.D., Eichinger, G.H., Mayer, R., Amikam, D., Benziman, M., Gelfand, D.H., Meade, J.H., Emerick, A.W. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1990) [Pubmed]

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