ArgD

• Description: acetylornithine transaminase
  
  

Gene name	argD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	acetylornithine transaminase
Function	biosynthesis of arginine
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: argD
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ammonium/ glutamate
MW, pI	40 kDa, 5.929
Gene length, protein length	1155 bp, 385 aa
Immediate neighbours	argB, carA
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AhrC regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU11220

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine + 2-oxoglutarate = N-acetyl-L-glutamate 5-semialdehyde + L-glutamate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: ArgD subfamily (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: P36839

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.6.1.11

Expression and regulation

• Operon: argC-argJ-argB-argD-carA-carB-argF PubMed

• Expression browser: argD PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • repressed by arginine (AhrC) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AhrC: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: