Protein Domain : Cellulose synthase operon protein BcsQ IPR017746

Type	Family
Description	The BcsQ (also known as YhjQ) protein is encoded immediately upstream of bacterial cellulose synthase (bcs) genes in a broad range of bacteria, including both copies of the bcs locus in Klebsiella pneumoniae, and in several species is clearly part of the bcs operon. It is identified as a probable component of the bacterial cellulose metabolic process not only by gene location, but also by partial phylogenetic profiling, or Haft-Selengut algorithm [ ], based on a bacterial cellulose biosynthesis genome property profile.Cellulose plays an important role in biofilm formation and structural integrity in some bacteria. E. coli csQ may play a role in subcellular localization of an active cellulose biosynthesis apparatus at the bacterial cell pole [ ].
Short Name	Cellulose_synthase_operon_BcsQ