AroK

• Description: shikimate kinase
  
  

Gene name	aroK
Synonyms	aroI
Essential	no
Product	shikimate kinase
Function	biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: aroK
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phe, Tyr, Trp
MW, pI	21 kDa, 5.969
Gene length, protein length	558 bp, 186 aa
Immediate neighbours	tmrB, ycgJ
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03150

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + shikimate = ADP + shikimate 3-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: shikimate kinase 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: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37944

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.71

Expression and regulation

• Operon: aroK (according to DBTBS)

• Expression browser: aroK PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: