NadA

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  • Description: quinolinate synthetase

Gene name nadA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product quinolinate synthetase
Function NAD biosynthesis
MW, pI 41 kDa, 5.717
Gene length, protein length 1104 bp, 368 aa
Immediate neighbours safA, nadC
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
NadA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU27850

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Glycerone phosphate + iminosuccinate = pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate + 2 H2O + phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: Type 3 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: spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation:
    • repressed in the presence of nicotinic acid (NadR) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Alessandra Albertini, University of Pavia, Italy homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Ilaria Marinoni, Simona Nonnis, Carmine Monteferrante, Peter Heathcote, Elisabeth Härtig, Lars H Böttger, Alfred X Trautwein, Armando Negri, Alessandra M Albertini, Gabriella Tedeschi
Characterization of L-aspartate oxidase and quinolinate synthase from Bacillus subtilis.
FEBS J: 2008, 275(20);5090-107
[PubMed:18959769] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Paola Rossolillo, Ilaria Marinoni, Elisa Galli, Anna Colosimo, Alessandra M Albertini
YrxA is the transcriptional regulator that represses de novo NAD biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(20);7155-60
[PubMed:16199587] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)