FabHA

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  • Description: beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III, principal condensing enzyme responsible for the initiation of fatty acid synthesis in non-stressed B. subtilis cells

Gene name fabHA
Synonyms yjaX , fabH1
Essential no
Product beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III
Function fatty acid biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: fabHA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Lipid synthesis
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
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of lipids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

FapR regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU11330

Phenotypes of a mutant

  • significant increase in the proportion of straight-chain fatty acids with a concomitant increase in 31:0-carbon phosphatidylethanolamine species PubMed

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:

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

  • affinity for butyryl-CoA, but prefers acetyl-CoA in fatty acid biosynthesis PubMed

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed when the cells experience a lack of malonyl-CoA (FapR) PubMed
    • inhibited by cerulenin PubMed
    • induced upon fatty acid biosynthesis inhibition PubMed
    • expression is reduced when SigW is activated (by alkaline shock, polymyxin B, vancomycin, cephalosporin C, D-cycloserine, and triton X-100) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
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Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Yasutaro Fujita, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka
Regulation of fatty acid metabolism in bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 66(4);829-39
[PubMed:17919287] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Stephen W White, Jie Zheng, Yong-Mei Zhang, Rock
The structural biology of type II fatty acid biosynthesis.
Annu Rev Biochem: 2005, 74;791-831
[PubMed:15952903] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Original Publications

Additional publications: PubMed