MetA

• Description: homoserine O-succinyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	metA
Synonyms	metB
Essential	no
Product	homoserine O-succinyltransferase
Function	biosynthesis of methionine
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lys, Thr, Cys, Met & Sulfate assimilation
MW, pI	25 kDa, 6.414
Gene length, protein length	672 bp, 224 aa
Immediate neighbours	bsaA, ugtP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU21910

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, W, X, Y)

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Succinyl-CoA + L-homoserine = CoA + O-succinyl-L-homoserine (according to Swiss-Prot) O(4)-succinyl-L-homoserine + L-cysteine = L-cystathionine + succinate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Modification:

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• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2GHR (from Bacillus cereus, 60% identity, 77% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: P54167

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.46 8 2.5.1.48]

Expression and regulation

• Operon: metA (according to DBTBS)

• Sigma factor:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: