RocF

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  • Description: arginase

Gene name rocF
Synonyms
Essential no
Product arginase
Function arginine utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rocF
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Ammonium/ glutamate
MW, pI 32 kDa, 4.932
Gene length, protein length 888 bp, 296 aa
Immediate neighbours phrG, rocE
Sequences Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context
RocF context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AhrC regulon, CodY regulon, RocR regulon, SigL regulon, Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU40320

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-arginine + H2O = L-ornithine + urea (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: arginase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification: phosphorylated on Ser-68 PubMed
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure: 2EF5 (from Thermus thermophilus, 46% identity, 63% similarity)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • induced by arginine (RocR, AhrC) PubMed
    • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
    • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant: GP655, aphA3, available in the Stülke lab
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Jin-Ju Yu, Ki-Bum Park, Su-Gon Kim, Suk-Heung Oh
Expression, purification, and biochemical properties of arginase from Bacillus subtilis 168.
J Microbiol: 2013, 51(2);222-8
[PubMed:23625224] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Boumediene Soufi, Chanchal Kumar, Florian Gnad, Matthias Mann, Ivan Mijakovic, Boris Macek
Stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) applied to quantitative proteomics of Bacillus subtilis.
J Proteome Res: 2010, 9(7);3638-46
[PubMed:20509597] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Yoshiko Nakaura, Robert P Shivers, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Richard Losick, Yasutaro Fujita, Abraham L Sonenshein
Additional targets of the Bacillus subtilis global regulator CodY identified by chromatin immunoprecipitation and genome-wide transcript analysis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(6);1911-22
[PubMed:12618455] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R Gardan, G Rapoport, M Débarbouillé
Expression of the rocDEF operon involved in arginine catabolism in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1995, 249(5);843-56
[PubMed:7540694] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)