FadE

• Description: acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
  
  

Gene name	fadE
Synonyms	yusJ
Essential	no
Product	acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
Function	fatty acid degradation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Fatty acid degradation
MW, pI	65 kDa, 5.146
Gene length, protein length	1782 bp, 594 aa
Immediate neighbours	yusI, fadA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU32820

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of lipids

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Acyl-CoA + ETF = 2,3-dehydroacyl-CoA + reduced ETF (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YngJ, MmgC, AcdA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2Z1Q (from Thermus thermophilus hb8, 52% identity, 68% similarity)

• UniProt: O32176

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • fadM-fadN-fadA-fadE PubMed
  • fadN-fadA-fadE PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • fadN: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • fadN: induced by long-chain fatty acids (FadR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FadR: transcription repression PubMed
  • SdpR: transcription activation 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)

José E González-Pastor, Errett C Hobbs, Richard Losick
Cannibalism by sporulating bacteria.
Science: 2003, 301(5632);510-3
[PubMed:12817086] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)