MetA

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  • 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)
Genetic context
MetA context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

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

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigM regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU21910

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

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:
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Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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Database entries

  • Structure: 2GHR (from Bacillus cereus, 60% identity, 77% similarity) PubMed
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon: metA (according to DBTBS)
  • Regulation:
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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
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  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Warawan Eiamphungporn, John D Helmann
The Bacillus subtilis sigma(M) regulon and its contribution to cell envelope stress responses.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 67(4);830-48
[PubMed:18179421] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Chloe Zubieta, S Sri Krishna, Daniel McMullan, Mitchell D Miller, Polat Abdubek, Sanjay Agarwalla, Eileen Ambing, Tamara Astakhova, Herbert L Axelrod, Dennis Carlton, Hsiu-Ju Chiu, Thomas Clayton, Marc Deller, Michael DiDonato, Lian Duan, Marc-André Elsliger, Slawomir K Grzechnik, Joanna Hale, Eric Hampton, Gye Won Han, Justin Haugen, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Kevin K Jin, Heath E Klock, Mark W Knuth, Eric Koesema, Abhinav Kumar, David Marciano, Andrew T Morse, Edward Nigoghossian, Silvya Oommachen, Ron Reyes, Christopher L Rife, Henry van den Bedem, Dana Weekes, Aprilfawn White, Qingping Xu, Keith O Hodgson, John Wooley, Ashley M Deacon, Adam Godzik, Scott A Lesley, Ian A Wilson
Crystal structure of homoserine O-succinyltransferase from Bacillus cereus at 2.4 A resolution.
Proteins: 2007, 68(4);999-1005
[PubMed:17546672] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)