function
biosynthesis of GMP
product
IMP dehydrogenase
Genomic Context
categories
[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 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.5|Targets of second messengers] → [category|SW 3.5.3|Targets of (p)ppGpp][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.4|Phosphoproteins] → [category|SW 6.4.8|Phosphorylation on either a Ser, Thr or Tyr residue][SW|Categories] containing this gene/protein
[SW|biosynthesis/ acquisition of nucleotides], [SW|essential genes], [SW|phosphoproteins], [SW|most abundant proteins]This gene is a member of the following [SW|regulons]
[SW|CodY regulon]Gene
Coordinates on the chromosome (coding sequence)
15,915 -> 17,381
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential [Pubmed|12682299]reduced expression of ''[protein|search|guaB]'' suppresses the requirement of a ''[protein|search|relA] [protein|search|sasA] [protein|search|sasB]'' triple mutant for branched chain amino acids, methionine and threonine [Pubmed|24163341]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
Inosine 5'-phosphate NAD H2O = xanthosine 5'-phosphate NADH (according to Swiss-Prot)Protein family
IMPDH/GMPR family (according to Swiss-Prot)[SW|Domains]
2 [SW|CBS domain]s (95-153, 157-214)Modification
phosphorylated (STY) [Pubmed|17726680]Cys308 is S-cysteinylated after diamide stress [Pubmed|17611193], [Pubmed|17726680]Cys308 is S-bacillithiolated by NaOCl stress in B. subtilis and other Bacillus species [Pubmed|22938038]Effectors of protein activity
inhibition of enzymatic activity by (p)ppGpp during the 'stringent response'[Pubmed|22981860,6111556]Structure
[PDB|1VRD] (from ''Thermotoga maritima msb8'', 60% identity, 80% similarity)Expression and Regulation
Operon
''guaB'' [Pubmed|22383849]Regulation
activated during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids ([protein|search|CodY]) [Pubmed|12618455]Regulatory mechanism
[protein|search|CodY]: transcription activation [Pubmed|12618455]Additional information
the mRNA is very stable (half-life > 15 min) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12884008 PubMed]inhibition of enzymatic activity by (p)ppGpp during the 'stringent response' [PubMed|6111556]belongs to the 100 [SW|most abundant proteins] [PubMed|15378759]the mRNA is cleaved by [rnc|search|RNase III] [PubMed|26883633]Biological materials
Expression vector
purification from ''B. subtilis'' with an N-terminal Strep-tag, for [SW|SPINE], (in [SW|pGP380]): pGP901, available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labReferences
22938038,17611193,12884008,1722815,22981860,12618455,17726680,17726680,6111556,24163341,15378759,24682323,25572472,26883633