DfrA

• Description: dihydrofolate reductase
  
  

Gene name	dfrA
Synonyms	tmp
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	dihydrofolate reductase
Function	biosynthesis of folate
MW, pI	19 kDa, 5.219
Gene length, protein length	504 bp, 168 aa
Immediate neighbours	ypkP, thyB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + NADP⁺ = 7,8-dihydrofolate + NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: spmB family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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• Interactions: DfrA-ThyB

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1ZDR (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• Swiss prot entry: P11045

• KEGG entry: BSU21810

• E.C. number: 1.5.1.3

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed