MmgA

• Description: degradative acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase
  
  

Gene name	mmgA
Synonyms	yqiL
Essential	no
Product	degradative acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase
Function	mother cell metabolism
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	41 kDa, 5.904
Gene length, protein length	1179 bp, 393 aa
Immediate neighbours	mmgB, yqiK
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24170

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 acetyl-CoA = CoA + acetoacetyl-CoA (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: thiolase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P45855

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.9

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Jason J Reddick, Jayme K Williams
The mmgA gene from Bacillus subtilis encodes a degradative acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase.
Biotechnol Lett: 2008, 30(6);1045-50
[PubMed:18246303] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E M Bryan, B W Beall, C P Moran
A sigma E dependent operon subject to catabolite repression during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(16);4778-86
[PubMed:8759838] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)