PdhA

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  • Description: pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1 alpha subunit)

Gene name pdhA
Synonyms aceA
Essential yes
Product pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1 alpha subunit)
Function links glycolysis and TCA cycle
MW, pI 41 kDa, 5.837
Gene length, protein length 1113 bp, 371 aa
Immediate neighbours ykyA, pdhB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
PdhA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU14580

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

pdhA is essential PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Pyruvate + [dihydrolipoyllysine-residue acetyltransferase] lipoyllysine = [dihydrolipoyllysine-residue acetyltransferase] S-acetyldihydrolipoyllysine + CO2 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization:

Database entries

  • Structure: 1W88 (E1 in complex with subunit binding domain of E2, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: expression activated by glucose (3.4) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Arthur Aronson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA homepage

Your additional remarks

References

  1. Blencke, H.-M., Homuth, G., Ludwig, H., Mäder, U., Hecker, M. & Stülke, J. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab. Engn. 5: 133-149. PubMed
  2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed