phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase, universally conserved protein
function
phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthesis (biosynthesis of histidine)
product
phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase
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 2.3.1.14|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of histidine][category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.5|Nucleotide metabolism] → [category|SW 2.5.2|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of nucleotides] → [category|SW 2.5.2.1|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of purine nucleotides][category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.5|Nucleotide metabolism] → [category|SW 2.5.2|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of nucleotides] → [category|SW 2.5.2.4|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of pyrimidine nucleotides][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.1|Essential genes][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.5|Universally conserved proteins]Gene
Coordinates
57,745 58,698
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential [Pubmed|12682299]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
ATP + D-ribose 5-phosphate = AMP + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)Protein family
Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase family (according to UniProt)Effectors of protein activity
subject to feedback inhibition by two end products of purine biosynthesis, adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) and guanosine 5'-diphosphate (GDP) [Pubmed|22083279]Structure
[PDB|1IBS][PDB|1DKR][PDB|1DKU][SW|Localization]
cytoplasm (according to UniProt)Additional information
[SW|universally conserved protein]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|23540C0D84F55135E39A09F48E48AB6F7C270B2E|gcaD]-[gene|37664AAEBFFDE1F7D17EA7C032805EA051FBE6AF|prs]-[gene|40624E9FC30D75D172EF098C7FAC77B2573CC129|ctc]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
sigma factors
[protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, [pubmed|8522540], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]regulatory mechanism
[regulon|stringent response|stringent response]: negative regulation, [pubmed|11948165], in [regulon|stringent response|stringent response]view in new tabBiological materials
Expression vectors
N-terminal Strep-tag, expression in ''E. coli'', in [SW|pGP172]: pGP2541, available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labReferences
Reviews
Original publications
2169413,8522540,12837783,12837784,19446032,22083279