branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase
function
biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids
product
branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3|Amino acid/ nitrogen metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3.1|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids] → [category|SW 2.3.1.12|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of branched-chain amino acids]Gene
Coordinates
259,016 260,086
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
l-leucine + 2-oxoglutarate = 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate + L-glutamate (according to Swiss-Prot)Protein family
[SW|Class-IV pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family] (according to Swiss-Prot)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|8163996FCB9D02F771E7A04A91D5720027260F12|YwaA] [SW|Cofactors]
PLPStructure
[PDB|3HT5] (from ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'', 48% identity) [Pubmed|19923721]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|2A20EF701B9F78FC21A33D6BD8ED862323BA59A8|ybgE]
description
[Pubmed|15060025]
regulatory mechanism
[protein|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|CodY]: repression, [Pubmed|12618455,21699902,18083814], in [regulon|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|CodY regulon]regulation
repressed by casamino acids [Pubmed|12107147]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B939 (ybgE::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/1938 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]a ''ybgE'' mutant and a ''[gene|A52E50104B18D0A8518218C52D9CC36FDDB29AAF|bcd] [gene|2A20EF701B9F78FC21A33D6BD8ED862323BA59A8|ybgE] [gene|8163996FCB9D02F771E7A04A91D5720027260F12|ywaA]'' triple mutant are available in [SW|Linc Sonenshein]'s labBKE02390 ([gene|2A20EF701B9F78FC21A33D6BD8ED862323BA59A8|ybgE]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE02390 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CAATCTAATCAGCACACCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TGAAAATCGAAAAAGAACCTBKK02390 ([gene|2A20EF701B9F78FC21A33D6BD8ED862323BA59A8|ybgE]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK02390 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CAATCTAATCAGCACACCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TGAAAATCGAAAAAGAACCTlacZ fusion
pGP248 (in [SW|pAC5]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labReferences
18083814,12618455,12670965,15060025,12107147,21699902,24163341,19923721