PyrH

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  • Description: uridylate kinase

Gene name pyrH
Synonyms smbA
Essential no
Product uridylate kinase
Function pyrimidine biosynthesis
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Pyrimidines, Nucleotides (regulation)
MW, pI 25 kDa, 5.101
Gene length, protein length 720 bp, 240 aa
Immediate neighbours tsf, frr
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
PyrH context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of nucleotides

This gene is a member of the following regulons

stringent response

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU16510

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + UMP = ADP + UDP (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: UMP kinase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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

Database entries

  • Structure: 2JJX (from Bacillus anthracis, 42% identity, 64% similarity) PubMed
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation:
    • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • 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

Cristina Gagyi, Nadia Bucurenci, Ovidiu Sîrbu, Gilles Labesse, Mihaela Ionescu, Augustin Ofiteru, Liliane Assairi, Stéphanie Landais, Antoine Danchin, Octavian Bârzu, Anne-Marie Gilles
UMP kinase from the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis is strongly dependent on GTP for optimal activity.
Eur J Biochem: 2003, 270(15);3196-204
[PubMed:12869195] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R J Turner, Y Lu, R L Switzer
Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis pyrimidine biosynthetic (pyr) gene cluster by an autogenous transcriptional attenuation mechanism.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(12);3708-22
[PubMed:8206849] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C L Quinn, B T Stephenson, R L Switzer
Functional organization and nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis pyrimidine biosynthetic operon.
J Biol Chem: 1991, 266(14);9113-27
[PubMed:1709162] [WorldCat.org] (P p)