BioF

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  • Description: 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase

Gene name bioF
Synonyms
Essential no
Product 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase)
Function biosynthesis of biotin
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Biotin
MW, pI 42 kDa, 6.285
Gene length, protein length 1167 bp, 389 aa
Immediate neighbours bioD, bioA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
BioF context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of cofactors

This gene is a member of the following regulons

BirA regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU30220

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 6-carboxyhexanoyl-CoA + L-alanine = 8-amino-7-oxononanoate + CoA + CO2 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: class-II pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed in the presence of biotin (BirA) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • 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

Reviews: PubMed

Original publications

J B Perkins, S Bower, C L Howitt, R R Yocum, J Pero
Identification and characterization of transcripts from the biotin biosynthetic operon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(21);6361-5
[PubMed:8892842] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Bower, J B Perkins, R R Yocum, C L Howitt, P Rahaim, J Pero
Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis biotin biosynthetic operon.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(14);4122-30
[PubMed:8763940] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)