LysC
- Description: aspartokinase II (alpha and beta subunits)
| Gene name | lysC |
| Synonyms | ask, aecA |
| Essential | no |
| Product | aspartokinase II (alpha and beta subunits) |
| Function | biosynthesis of lysine |
| Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: lysC | |
| Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lys, Thr | |
| MW, pI | 43 kDa, 4.643 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1224 bp, 408 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | yslB, ask |
| 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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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU28470
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-aspartate = ADP + 4-phospho-L-aspartate (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: aspartokinase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s): DapG
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
Database entries
- Structure: 2RE1 (from Neisseria meningitidis mc58, 40% identity, 58% similarity)
- UniProt: P08495
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number: 2.7.2.4
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon: lysC PubMed
- Sigma factor:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed, also degraded upon ammonium or amino acid starvation PubMed
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Chien-Chi Lo, Carol A Bonner, Gary Xie, Mark D'Souza, Roy A Jensen
Cohesion group approach for evolutionary analysis of aspartokinase, an enzyme that feeds a branched network of many biochemical pathways.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2009, 73(4);594-651
[PubMed:19946135]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Original Publications
The L-box riboswitch
Other original Publications
Ulf Gerth, Holger Kock, Ilja Kusters, Stephan Michalik, Robert L Switzer, Michael Hecker
Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(1);321-31
[PubMed:17981983]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
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)
Y Lu, T N Shevtchenko, H Paulus
Fine-structure mapping of cis-acting control sites in the lysC operon of Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 1992, 71(1);23-7
[PubMed:1624109]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
L M Graves, R L Switzer
Aspartokinase II from Bacillus subtilis is degraded in response to nutrient limitation.
J Biol Chem: 1990, 265(25);14947-55
[PubMed:2168395]
[WorldCat.org]
(P p)
N Y Chen, J J Zhang, H Paulus
Chromosomal location of the Bacillus subtilis aspartokinase II gene and nucleotide sequence of the adjacent genes homologous to uvrC and trx of Escherichia coli.
J Gen Microbiol: 1989, 135(11);2931-40
[PubMed:2559145]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
M Petricek, L Rutberg, L Hederstedt
The structural gene for aspartokinase II in Bacillus subtilis is closely linked to the sdh operon.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 1989, 52(1-2);85-7
[PubMed:2557260]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
