ArgC

• Description: N-acetyl-g-glutamyl-phosphate reductase
  
  

Gene name	argC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	N-acetyl-g-glutamyl-phosphate reductase
Function	biosynthesis of arginine
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: argC
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: argC
MW, pI	37 kDa, 5.167
Gene length, protein length	1038 bp, 346 aa
Immediate neighbours	yitZ, argJ
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AhrC regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU11190

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU11190

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: N-acetyl-L-glutamate 5-semialdehyde + NADP⁺ + phosphate = N-acetyl-5-glutamyl phosphate + NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU11190

• Structure:

• UniProt: P23715

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.2.1.38

Expression and regulation

• Operon: argC-argJ-argB-argD-carA-carB-argF PubMed

• Expression browser: argC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • repressed by arginine (AhrC) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AhrC: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • number of protein molecules per cell (minimal medium with glucose and ammonium): 419 PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Knut Büttner, Rüdiger Bode, Michael Hecker
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression modulated by amino acid availability.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(15);4288-95
[PubMed:12107147] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M O'Reilly, K Woodson, B C Dowds, K M Devine
The citrulline biosynthetic operon, argC-F, and a ribose transport operon, rbs, from Bacillus subtilis are negatively regulated by Spo0A.
Mol Microbiol: 1994, 11(1);87-98
[PubMed:7511775] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M C Smith, A Mountain, S Baumberg
Nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis argC gene encoding N-acetylglutamate-gamma-semialdehyde dehydrogenase.
Nucleic Acids Res: 1990, 18(15);4595
[PubMed:2117746] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Mountain, N H Mann, R N Munton, S Baumberg
Cloning of a Bacillus subtilis restriction fragment complementing auxotrophic mutants of eight Escherichia coli genes of arginine biosynthesis.
Mol Gen Genet: 1984, 197(1);82-9
[PubMed:6096675] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)