small subunit of glutamate synthase
function
glutamate biosynthesis
product
glutamate synthase (small subunit)
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 2.3.1.1|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of glutamate/ glutamine/ ammonium assimilation]Gene
Coordinates
2,008,572 2,010,053
Phenotypes of a mutant
auxotrophic for glutamateThe protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
2 L-glutamate + NADP+ --> 2-oxoglutarate + H+ + L-glutamine + NADPH (according to UniProt)Protein family
glutamate synthase family (with [protein|44DF1B7E476AD58B3CCC39300FFE0132D0D32AD0|GltA] and [protein|D1AF9DA2594D2E2A94DC207A870C8495954A7A17|YerD], according to UniProt)[SW|Domains]
nucleotide binding domain (NADP) (299313)Structure
[PDB|2VDC] (the [protein|44DF1B7E476AD58B3CCC39300FFE0132D0D32AD0|GltA]-[protein|AA07CC52B2DD48ACC9D3375E9D531CB1ACBE485A|GltB] complex of ''Azospirillum brasiliense'') [Pubmed|18199747][SW|Localization]
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|44DF1B7E476AD58B3CCC39300FFE0132D0D32AD0|gltA]-[gene|AA07CC52B2DD48ACC9D3375E9D531CB1ACBE485A|gltB]
description
[Pubmed|12823818]
sigma factors
[protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|2548995], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]regulatory mechanism
[protein|857EF1AC54DEA0690C01B7F8CEFFD16312C58F20|TnrA]: repression, [Pubmed|11029411], in [regulon|857EF1AC54DEA0690C01B7F8CEFFD16312C58F20|TnrA regulon][protein|87BCAE725B02860156D50E1783F6DB68510C811E|GltC]: activation, [Pubmed|2548995], in [regulon|87BCAE725B02860156D50E1783F6DB68510C811E|GltC regulon][protein|F899F1EE27E6D503BCC06BC52E3C7FD80B8EF725|Fur]: indirect effect, in [regulon|F899F1EE27E6D503BCC06BC52E3C7FD80B8EF725|Fur regulon]regulation
expressed in the presence of ammonium [Pubmed|11029411]view in new tabOther regulations
[protein|CE542AE1A32CCD1ABB259E6159F7A37A8078E189|FsrA]: translation inhibition, Biological materials
Mutant
BP123 (Δ[gene|44DF1B7E476AD58B3CCC39300FFE0132D0D32AD0|gltA]-[gene|AA07CC52B2DD48ACC9D3375E9D531CB1ACBE485A|gltB]::''ermC'') , available in [SW|Fabian Commichau]'s labGP807 (Δ[gene|44DF1B7E476AD58B3CCC39300FFE0132D0D32AD0|gltA]-[gene|AA07CC52B2DD48ACC9D3375E9D531CB1ACBE485A|gltB]::''tet'') , available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labGP517 (Δ[gene|AA07CC52B2DD48ACC9D3375E9D531CB1ACBE485A|gltB]::''ermC''), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labBKE18440 ([gene|AA07CC52B2DD48ACC9D3375E9D531CB1ACBE485A|gltB]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE18440 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTTCCTCTCCCCTTCCT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAATAAAGGGGATTATCATBKK18440 ([gene|AA07CC52B2DD48ACC9D3375E9D531CB1ACBE485A|gltB]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK18440 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTTCCTCTCCCCTTCCT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAATAAAGGGGATTATCATExpression vectors
pGP1119 (in [SW|pGP380], for SPINE, expression in ''B. subtilis''), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lab [pubmed|20933603]pGP3031: IPTG inducible expression, purification in ''E. coli'' with C-terminal His-tag, in [SW|pGP574] (Strep-tag omitted), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labpGP3032: IPTG inducible expression, purification in ''E. coli'' with C-terminal Strep-tag, in [SW|pGP574], available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lablacZ fusion
see ''[gene|44DF1B7E476AD58B3CCC39300FFE0132D0D32AD0|gltA]two-hybrid system
''B. pertussis'' adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system ([SW|BACTH]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lablabs
[SW|Linc Sonenshein], Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA [http://www.tufts.edu/sackler/microbiology/faculty/sonenshein/index.html Homepage][SW|Fabian Commichau], Göttingen, Germany [http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/413008.html homepage]References
Reviews
16143852,12859215,22625175,12859215 Original publications
27223617,12823818,20933603,11029411,7559360,15150225,2548995,17183217,17608797,17134717,14523131,12823818,18326565,18199747,22389480,25755103,28294562,29242163