aspartokinase II (alpha and beta subunits)
function
biosynthesis of lysine
product
aspartokinase II (alpha and beta subunits)
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 2.3.1.6|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of lysine/ threonine]Gene
Coordinates
2,909,520 → 2,910,746
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
ATP + L-aspartate = ADP + 4-phospho-L-aspartate (according to Swiss-Prot)Protein family
aspartokinase family (according to Swiss-Prot)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|6D6718AC72C9D86EDE16B191EDAB3ABA488B689B|DapG]Structure
[PDB|2RE1] (from ''Neisseria meningitidis mc58'', 40% identity, 58% similarity)Additional information
subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation [Pubmed|17981983], also degraded upon ammonium or amino acid starvation [Pubmed|2168395]belongs to the 100 [SW|most abundant proteins] [PubMed|15378759]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|F7B947938FB40E54D89A719E9610C5A4AA400674|lysC]
description
[Pubmed|19636616]
regulatory mechanism
[regulon|L-box|L-box]: transcription termination/antitermination, via a riboswitch, in [regulon|L-box|L-box]regulation
expression activated by glucose (5.4 fold) [Pubmed|12850135]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
BKE28470 (Δ[gene|F7B947938FB40E54D89A719E9610C5A4AA400674|lysC]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE28470 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTATTACCACCCTTTAC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATGACAATCAAAAAGGCGBKK28470 (Δ[gene|F7B947938FB40E54D89A719E9610C5A4AA400674|lysC]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK28470 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTATTACCACCCTTTAC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATGACAATCAAAAAGGCGReferences
=The [SW|L-box]] [[riboswitch]=
14523230,14597663,19636616,21169337,22416067,23067368