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
3,957,391 3,958,482
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 UniProt)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|2A20EF701B9F78FC21A33D6BD8ED862323BA59A8|YbgE] Modification
S-cysteinylation after diamide stress (C104) [Pubmed|17611193][SW|Cofactors]
PLPStructure
[PDB|3HT5] (from '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'', 42% identity, 58% similarity) [Pubmed|19923721]additional information
belongs to the 100 [SW|most abundant proteins] [PubMed|15378759]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|8163996FCB9D02F771E7A04A91D5720027260F12|ywaA]
description
[Pubmed|9353933]
regulatory mechanism
[protein|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|CodY]: repression, [Pubmed|24163341], in [regulon|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|CodY regulon]regulation
repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids ([protein|search|CodY]) [Pubmed|24163341]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B757 (ywaA::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/1756 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]a ''ywaA::spc'' mutant and a ''[gene|A52E50104B18D0A8518218C52D9CC36FDDB29AAF|bcd] [gene|2A20EF701B9F78FC21A33D6BD8ED862323BA59A8|ybgE] [gene|8163996FCB9D02F771E7A04A91D5720027260F12|ywaA]'' triple mutant are available in [SW|Linc Sonenshein]'s labBKE38550 ([gene|8163996FCB9D02F771E7A04A91D5720027260F12|ywaA]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE38550 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGGTCAATCTCCCTGCTG, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAAAAAAGCCGGCCCATBKK38550 ([gene|8163996FCB9D02F771E7A04A91D5720027260F12|ywaA]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK38550 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGGTCAATCTCCCTGCTG, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGAAAAAAGCCGGCCCATReferences
12670965,17611193,24163341,15378759,28516784