PdhA

• Description: pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1 alpha subunit)
  
  

Gene name	pdhA
Synonyms	aceA
Essential	yes
Product	pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1 alpha subunit)
Function	links glycolysis and TCA cycle
MW, pI	41 kDa, 5.837
Gene length, protein length	1113 bp, 371 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykyA, pdhB
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

pdhA is essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: PdhA-PdhB-PdhC-PdhD

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1W88 (E1 in complex with subunit binding domain of E2, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.2.4.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pdhA-pdhB-pdhC-pdhD

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: weak induction by glucose PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Blencke, H.-M., Homuth, G., Ludwig, H., Mäder, U., Hecker, M. & Stülke, J. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab. Engn. 5: 133-149. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed