PyrF

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  • Description: orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase

Gene name pyrF
Synonyms
Essential no
Product orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase
Function pyrimidine biosynthesis
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Pyrimidines, Nucleotides (regulation)
MW, pI 25 kDa, 5.835
Gene length, protein length 717 bp, 239 aa
Immediate neighbours pyrD, pyrE
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
PyrF context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU15550

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Orotidine 5'-phosphate = UMP + CO2 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: Type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • induced in the absence of uridine nucleotides (PyrR) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
    • PyrR: RNA switch, transcription termination/ antitermination (in the presence of uridine nucleotides: termination, in their absence: antitermination) PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References