DhbB

• Description: isochorismatase
  
  

Gene name	dhbB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	isochorismatase
Function	biosynthesis of the siderophore bacillibactin
MW, pI	34 kDa, 4.429
Gene length, protein length	936 bp, 312 aa
Immediate neighbours	dhbF, dhbE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

acquisition of iron, iron metabolism

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, Fur regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU31970

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Isochorismate + H₂O = 2,3-dihydroxy-2,3-dihydrobenzoate + pyruvate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: isochorismatase family (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:

• UniProt: P45743

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.3.2.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon: dhbA-dhbC-dhbE-dhbB-dhbF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by iron starvation (Fur) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Fur: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed