CtaO

• Description: heme O synthase (minor enzyme)
  
  

Gene name	ctaO
Synonyms	yjdK
Essential	no
Product	heme O synthase (minor enzyme)
Function	heme biosynthesis
MW, pI	36 kDa, 10.121
Gene length, protein length	987 bp, 329 aa
Immediate neighbours	yjdJ, cotT
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU12080

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: Protoheme IX farnesyltransferase subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31652

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

M Throne-Holst, L Hederstedt
The Bacillus subtilis ctaB paralogue, yjdK, can complement the heme A synthesis deficiency of a CtaB-deficient mutant.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2000, 183(2);247-51
[PubMed:10675592] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)