TrpC

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  • Description: indole-3-glycerol-phosphate synthase

Gene name trpC
Synonyms
Essential no
Product indole-3-glycerol-phosphate synthase
Function biosynthesis of tryptophan
MW, pI 27 kDa, 5.535
Gene length, protein length 750 bp, 250 aa
Immediate neighbours trpF, trpD
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
TrpC context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 1-(2-carboxyphenylamino)-1-deoxy-D-ribulose 5-phosphate = 1-C-(3-indolyl)-glycerol 3-phosphate + CO2 + H2O (according to Swiss-Prot)
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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

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Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: induction by tryptophan ( TRAP)
  • Regulatory mechanism: TRAP: binding to the mRNA in the presence of tryptophan, this results in transcription termination
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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Gintaras Deikus, Paul Babitzke, David H Bechhofer
Recycling of a regulatory protein by degradation of the RNA to which it binds.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2004, 101(9);2747-51
[PubMed:14976255] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D J Henner, L Band, H Shimotsu
Nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan operon.
Gene: 1985, 34(2-3);169-77
[PubMed:3924737] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Shimotsu, D J Henner
Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan promoter region.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1984, 81(20);6315-9
[PubMed:6436812] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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