CitZ

• Description: citrate synthase
  
  

Gene name	citZ
Synonyms	citA2
Essential	no
Product	citrate synthase II
Function	TCA cycle
MW, pI	41 kDa, 5.451
Gene length, protein length	1116 bp, 372 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytwI, icd
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [[1]]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: inhibited by ATP PubMed

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry:

• E.C. number: 4.1.3.7

Expression and regulation

• Operon: citZ-icd-mdh

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: catabolite repression (CcpA), repression by glucose + glutamate (CcpC) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, CcpC: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Linc Sonenshein, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA Homepage

Jörg Stülke, University of Göttingen, Germany Homepage

References

1. Kim HJ, Roux A, Sonenshein AL (2002b) Direct and indirect roles of CcpA in regulation of Bacillus subtilis Krebs cycle genes. Mol Microbiol 45:179-190. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed