LeuB

• Description: 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase
  
  

Gene name	leuB
Synonyms	leuC
Essential	no
Product	3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase
Function	biosynthesis of leucine
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ile, Leu, Val, Coenzyme A
MW, pI	39 kDa, 4.744
Gene length, protein length	1095 bp, 365 aa
Immediate neighbours	leuC, leuA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28270

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (2R,3S)-3-isopropylmalate + NAD⁺ = 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate + CO₂ + NADH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: LeuB 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: 1XAD (Thermus thermophilus)

• UniProt: P05645

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.85

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ilvB-ilvH-ilvC-leuA-leuB-leuC-leuD PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: for a complete overview on the regulation of the ilv operon, see Brinsmade et al.
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • expression is stimulated in the presence of glucose PubMed
  • repressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed
  • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription activation PubMed
  • T-box: tRNA-controlled RNA switch that mediates termination/antitermination
  • TnrA: transcription repression PubMed
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: