ureB [2017-8-11 16:0:3]

urease (beta subunit)

locus: BSU36650

pI: 9.75

mw: 13.50 kDa

protein length: 124 aa

gene length: 372 bp

function: utilization of urea as alternative nitrogen source

product: urease (beta subunit)

essential: no

ec: 3.5.1.5

synonyms

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3|Amino acid/ nitrogen metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3.3|Utilization of nitrogen sources other than amino acids] → [category|SW 2.3.3.2|Utilization of urea]

Gene

Coordinates: 3,768,420 → 3,768,794

The protein

Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

• Urea + H₂O = CO₂ + 2 NH₃ (according to Swiss-Prot)

Protein family

• urease beta subunit family (according to Swiss-Prot)

[SW|Localization]

• cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|63CF8C8BBCE39BD585DD5F6C8BBD95E12B500AE6|ywzF]-[gene|1D9596609AEF10456041918BD592E49466D93B1F|ywzE]-[gene|57B6D70B2570C308377B301EC2AF6C232233FD46|ureA]-[gene|B1559A1482B1F5932E6F77B32BF87E7474E01C17|ureB]-[gene|CD3DD65D6EFF11564088CA8D56640F772DEAC2D9|ureC]
  description: [Pubmed|22383849]

• genes: [gene|57B6D70B2570C308377B301EC2AF6C232233FD46|ureA]-[gene|B1559A1482B1F5932E6F77B32BF87E7474E01C17|ureB]-[gene|CD3DD65D6EFF11564088CA8D56640F772DEAC2D9|ureC]
  description: [Pubmed|9287005]

  sigma factors

  • [protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|9287005], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]
  • [protein|DC3449D5F195E5C2E9E14FEC95396C8F1FDF73B4|SigH]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|9287005], in [regulon|DC3449D5F195E5C2E9E14FEC95396C8F1FDF73B4|SigH regulon]

  regulatory mechanism

  • [protein|641C4BDD9702804642E1753A9C779E80FABB3919|GlnR]: repression, [Pubmed|9287005], in [regulon|641C4BDD9702804642E1753A9C779E80FABB3919|GlnR regulon]
  • [protein|857EF1AC54DEA0690C01B7F8CEFFD16312C58F20|TnrA]: activation, [Pubmed|9287005], in [regulon|857EF1AC54DEA0690C01B7F8CEFFD16312C58F20|TnrA regulon]
  • [protein|52C1601482C26400A524E880334BB801F832D6ED|PucR]: activation, [Pubmed|12374841], in [regulon|52C1601482C26400A524E880334BB801F832D6ED|PucR regulon]
  • [protein|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|CodY]: repression, [Pubmed|9287005,12618455], in [regulon|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|CodY regulon]

  regulation

  • induced by nitrogen limitation ([protein|search|GlnR], [protein|search|TnrA]) [Pubmed|9287005]

References

Reviews

• 23539618,19363030

Original publications

• 12618455,9287005,9287005,12374841,9287005,16199586,25755103