FbaA

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  • Description: fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase, glycolytic/ gluconeogenic enzyme

Gene name fbaA
Synonyms fba, fba1, tsr
Essential yes
Product fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase
Function enzyme in glycolysis/ gluconeogenesis
MW, pI 30,2 kDa, 5.03
Gene length, protein length 855 bp, 285 amino acids
Immediate neighbours spo0F, ywjH
Gene sequence (+200bp) Protein sequence
Genetic context
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The gene

Basic information

  • Coordinates: 3807538 - 3808392

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: D-fructose 1,6-bisphosphate = dihydroxyacetone phosphate + D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
  • Protein family: class II fructose-bisphosphate aldolase family.
  • Paralogous protein(s): FbaB

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
    • 2 x Dihydroxyacetone phosphate binding domain (210–212), (231–234)
  • Modification: Phosphorylated PubMed
  • Cofactor(s): 2 x zinc ion
  • Effectors of protein activity: inhibited by alpha-keto acids PubMed
  • Interactions:
  • Localization:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • Swiss prot entry: [3]
  • KEGG entry: [4]
  • E.C. number: [5]

Additional information

Binds 2 zinc ions per subunit. One is catalytic and the other provides a structural contribution

Expression and regulation

  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation: constitutively expressed PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector: pGP395 (N-terminal His-tag, in pWH844), pGP88 (N-terminal Strep-tag, for SPINE, expression in B. subtilis, in pGP380)
  • lacZ fusion: pGP601 (in pAC6)
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

  1. Trach K, Chapman JW & Piggot P (1988) Complete sequence and transcriptional analysis of the spo0F region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome J Bacteriol. 170: 4194-4208. PubMed
  2. Ludwig H, Homuth G & Schmalisch M (2001) Transcription of glycolytic genes and operons in Bacillus subtilis: evidence for the presence of multiple levels of control of the gapA operon Mol Microbiol. 41: 409-422. PubMed
  3. Macek et al. (2007) The serine/ threonine/ tyrosine phosphoproteome of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 6: 697-707 PubMed