HemY

• Description: protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase
  
  

Gene name	hemY
Synonyms	hemG
Essential	no
Product	protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase
Function	heme biosynthesis
MW, pI	51 kDa, 8.042
Gene length, protein length	1410 bp, 470 aa
Immediate neighbours	hemH, yhgD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protoporphyrinogen-IX + 3 O₂ = protoporphyrin-IX + 3 H₂O₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: protoporphyrinogen oxidase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P32397

• KEGG entry: BSU10140

• E.C. number: 1.3.3.4

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Lu Sun, Xin Wen, Ying Tan, Heyang Li, Xing Yang, Yuefang Zhao, Baifan Wang, Qiongyao Cao, Congwei Niu, Zhen Xi
Site-directed mutagenesis and computational study of the Y366 active site in Bacillus subtilis protoporphyrinogen oxidase.
Amino Acids: 2009, 37(3);523-30
[PubMed:19266155] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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