CtaA

• Description: heme A synthase
  
  

Gene name	ctaA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	heme A synthase
Function	heme biosynthesis
MW, pI	33 kDa, 9.644
Gene length, protein length	918 bp, 306 aa
Immediate neighbours	pycA, ctaB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: COX15/ctaA family, Type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P12946

• KEGG entry: BSU14870

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Tatsushi Mogi
Probing structure of heme A synthase from Bacillus subtilis by site-directed mutagenesis.
J Biochem: 2009, 145(5);625-33
[PubMed:19174544] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed