Difference between revisions of "ArgJ"

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* '''KEGG entry:''' [http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?bsu:BSU11200]
 
* '''KEGG entry:''' [http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?bsu:BSU11200]

Revision as of 11:53, 20 July 2009

  • Description: N-acetylglutamate synthase

Gene name argJ
Synonyms argA, argE
Essential no
Product N-acetylglutamate synthase
Function biosynthesis of arginine
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Ammonium/ glutamate
MW, pI 43 kDa, 4.703
Gene length, protein length 1218 bp, 406 aa
Immediate neighbours argC, argB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
ArgJ context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU11200

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine + L-glutamate = L-ornithine + N-acetyl-L-glutamate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: argJ family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

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

  • Regulation: repressed by casamino acids PubMed, repressed by arginine (AhrC)
  • Regulatory mechanism: AhrC: transcription repression
  • 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

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)

A Mountain, N H Mann, R N Munton, S Baumberg
Cloning of a Bacillus subtilis restriction fragment complementing auxotrophic mutants of eight Escherichia coli genes of arginine biosynthesis.
Mol Gen Genet: 1984, 197(1);82-9
[PubMed:6096675] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)