AnsZ

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  • Description: asparaginase

Gene name ansZ
Synonyms yccC
Essential no
Product asparaginase
Function asparagine utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ansZ
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Asp, Asn
MW, pI 39 kDa, 6.15
Gene length, protein length 1125 bp, 375 aa
Immediate neighbours lmrA, lip
Sequences Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context
YccC context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CodY regulon, TnrA regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU02690

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-asparagine + H2O = L-aspartate + NH3 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: asparaginase 1 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): AnsA

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure: 1ZCF (from Pectobacterium atrosepticum scri1043, 55% identity, 73% similarity)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed
    • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed
  • 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

Virginie Molle, Yoshiko Nakaura, Robert P Shivers, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Richard Losick, Yasutaro Fujita, Abraham L Sonenshein
Additional targets of the Bacillus subtilis global regulator CodY identified by chromatin immunoprecipitation and genome-wide transcript analysis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(6);1911-22
[PubMed:12618455] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Susan H Fisher, Lewis V Wray
Bacillus subtilis 168 contains two differentially regulated genes encoding L-asparaginase.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(8);2148-54
[PubMed:11914346] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)