Difference between revisions of "LeuC"

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** repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids ([[CodY]]) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12618455 PubMed]
 
** repressed by casamino acids [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12107147 PubMed]  
 
** repressed by casamino acids [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12107147 PubMed]  
 
** expressed in the absence of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA)
 
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** [[CodY]]: transcription repression [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12618455 PubMed]
 
** [[CodY]]: transcription repression [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12618455 PubMed]
 
** [[CodY]]: transcription repression [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12618455 PubMed]
 
** glucose regulation: [[CcpA]] [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12193635 PubMed]
 
** glucose regulation: [[CcpA]] [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12193635 PubMed]

Revision as of 16:16, 11 June 2009

  • Description: 3-isopropylmalate dehydratase (large subunit)

Gene name leuC
Synonyms
Essential no
Product 3-isopropylmalate dehydratase (large subunit)
Function biosynthesis of leucine
MW, pI 52 kDa, 6.127
Gene length, protein length 1416 bp, 472 aa
Immediate neighbours leuD, leuB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
LeuC context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU28260

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (2R,3S)-3-isopropylmalate = (2S)-2-isopropylmaleate + H2O (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: LeuC type 1 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:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

  • subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed
    • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
    • expressed in the absence of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA)
    • expression is stimulated in the presence of glucose PubMed
    • repressed by CodY PubMed
    • less expressed under conditions of extreme iron limitation (FsrA) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
    • CodY: transcription repression PubMed
    • CodY: transcription repression PubMed
    • glucose regulation: CcpA PubMed
    • repression by BCAA: tRNA-controlled RNA switch (T-box) that mediates termination/antitermination
    • FsrA: translational repression PubMed
  • Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

  1. Mäder et al. (2002) Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis of Bacillus subtilis Gene Expression Modulated by Amino Acid Availability. J. Bacteriol 184: 1844288-4295 PubMed
  2. Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 PubMed
  3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed