Nos

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  • Description: nitric-oxide synthase

Gene name nos
Synonyms yflM
Essential no
Product nitric-oxide synthase
Function production of nitric oxide
MW, pI 38 kDa, 5.528
Gene length, protein length 1008 bp, 336 aa
Immediate neighbours yflN, yflL
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YflM context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU07630

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: Bacterial NOS oxygenase subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization:

Database entries

  • Structure: 2AMO (loose dimer), 1M7V (bound to tetrahydrofolate and arginine)
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information: Note that the gene yflL is located between nos and yflK, but on the opposite strand.

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Frank Schreiber, Martin Beutler, Dennis Enning, María Lamprecht-Grandio, Olga Zafra, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Dirk de Beer
The role of nitric-oxide-synthase-derived nitric oxide in multicellular traits of Bacillus subtilis 3610: biofilm formation, swarming, and dispersal.
BMC Microbiol: 2011, 11;111
[PubMed:21599925] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Zhi-Qiang Wang, Chin-Chuan Wei, Dennis J Stuehr
How does a valine residue that modulates heme-NO binding kinetics in inducible NO synthase regulate enzyme catalysis?
J Inorg Biochem: 2010, 104(3);349-56
[PubMed:20006999] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Kartikeya Pant, Alexandrine M Bilwes, Subrata Adak, Dennis J Stuehr, Brian R Crane
Structure of a nitric oxide synthase heme protein from Bacillus subtilis.
Biochemistry: 2002, 41(37);11071-9
[PubMed:12220171] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Subrata Adak, Kulwant S Aulak, Dennis J Stuehr
Direct evidence for nitric oxide production by a nitric-oxide synthase-like protein from Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2002, 277(18);16167-71
[PubMed:11856757] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)