FadG

• Description: fatty acid degradation
  
  

Gene name	fadG
Synonyms	ykuG
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	fatty acid degradation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: fadG
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Fatty acid degradation
MW, pI	64 kDa, 8.556
Gene length, protein length	1728 bp, 576 aa
Immediate neighbours	fadH, ykzU
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of lipids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

FadR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14071

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s): YbfG

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: C0H407

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: fadH-fadG PubMed

• Expression browser: fadG PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced in the presence of long-chain fatty acids (FadR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FadR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Organization and function of the YsiA regulon of Bacillus subtilis involved in fatty acid degradation.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(8);5180-94
[PubMed:17189250] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)