fadM

fatty acid degradation, similar to proline dehydrogenase

locus: BSU_32850

pI: 9.38

mw: 34.30 kDa

protein length: 302 aa

gene length: 909 bp

function: fatty acid degradation

product: unknown

essential: no

synonyms: yusM

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.4|Lipid metabolism] → [category|SW 2.4.1|Utilization of lipids] → [category|SW 2.4.1.3|Utilization of fatty acids]
• [category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.1|Sporulation proteins] → [category|SW 4.2.1.5|Newly identified sporulation proteins (based on transcription profiling)]

Gene

Coordinates: 3,372,740 → 3,373,648

The protein

Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

• quinone + L-proline --> (S)-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate + quinol + H⁺ (according to UniProt)

Protein family

• proline dehydrogenase family (with [protein|1F548515402950572E7212901729B2480432D1B9|PutB], according to UniProt)

Paralogous protein(s)

• [protein|1F548515402950572E7212901729B2480432D1B9|PutB]

[SW|Cofactors]

• FAD (according to UniProt)

Structure

• [PDB|4H6Q] (from Deinococcus radiodurans, 48% identity) [pubmed|23151026]

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|F8C51A86268DC6B2152B139D2D0B25CC3D69A5D5|fadM]-[gene|4787161A022E938A6D58A505D92369F889C7DE04|fadN]-[gene|07498A0A3CB598A6E388540124A4F56E781C86FA|fadA]-[gene|B5325CBF1408E2CA227EB462092E209F4C87E797|fadE]
  description: [Pubmed|17189250]

  regulatory mechanism

  • [protein|8A8F93BAD0582F712C9EE1C3FE6C04292E91F390|FadR]: repression, [Pubmed|17189250], in [regulon|8A8F93BAD0582F712C9EE1C3FE6C04292E91F390|FadR regulon]
  • [protein|29A3EC8FB0C763A973273AA14EAEB904847C3002|SdpR]: activation, [Pubmed|12817086], in [regulon|29A3EC8FB0C763A973273AA14EAEB904847C3002|SdpR regulon]

  regulation

  • ''[protein|search|fadM]'': induced by long-chain fatty acids ([protein|search|FadR]) [Pubmed|17189250]

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-A598 (yusM::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/598 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]
• BKE32850 (Δ[gene|F8C51A86268DC6B2152B139D2D0B25CC3D69A5D5|fadM]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE32850 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATCCGACTCCCTCCCGCCG, downstream forward: _UP4_TGAAAGCAGCCGTGGGAAGC
• BKK32850 (Δ[gene|F8C51A86268DC6B2152B139D2D0B25CC3D69A5D5|fadM]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK32850 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATCCGACTCCCTCCCGCCG, downstream forward: _UP4_TGAAAGCAGCCGTGGGAAGC

References

• 17189250,12817086,23151026