FabHA

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  • Description: beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III

Gene name fabHA
Synonyms yjaX
Essential no
Product beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III
Function fatty acid biosynthesis
MW, pI 33 kDa, 5.045
Gene length, protein length 936 bp, 312 aa
Immediate neighbours yjzB, fabF
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
FabHA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU11330

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Acetyl-CoA + malonyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] = acetoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] + CoA + CO2 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: fabH family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): FabHB, one of the two proteins has to be present for viability PubMed

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation:
    • repressed unless the cells experience a lack of malonyl-CoA (FapR) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Helena B Thomaides, Ella J Davison, Lisa Burston, Hazel Johnson, David R Brown, Alison C Hunt, Jeffery Errington, Lloyd Czaplewski
Essential bacterial functions encoded by gene pairs.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(2);591-602
[PubMed:17114254] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Gustavo E Schujman, Luciana Paoletti, Alan D Grossman, Diego de Mendoza
FapR, a bacterial transcription factor involved in global regulation of membrane lipid biosynthesis.
Dev Cell: 2003, 4(5);663-72
[PubMed:12737802] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K H Choi, R J Heath, C O Rock
beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III (FabH) is a determining factor in branched-chain fatty acid biosynthesis.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(2);365-70
[PubMed:10629181] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)