Adk

• Description: adenylate kinase
  
  

Gene name	adk
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	adenylate kinase
Function	ADP formation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Purine salvage, Nucleotides (regulation), Protein secretion
MW, pI	23 kDa, 4.449
Gene length, protein length	651 bp, 217 aa
Immediate neighbours	secY, map
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of nucleotides, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

stringent response

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU01370

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + AMP = 2 ADP (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: adenylate kinase 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: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1P3J

• UniProt: P16304

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.4.3 2.7.4.3]

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: adk PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Thomas H Segall-Shapiro, Peter Q Nguyen, Edgardo D Dos Santos, Saurav Subedi, Justin Judd, Junghae Suh, Jonathan J Silberg
Mesophilic and hyperthermophilic adenylate kinases differ in their tolerance to random fragmentation.
J Mol Biol: 2011, 406(1);135-48
[PubMed:21145325] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Rafael Couñago, Corey J Wilson, Matthew I Peña, Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Yousif Shamoo
An adaptive mutation in adenylate kinase that increases organismal fitness is linked to stability-activity trade-offs.
Protein Eng Des Sel: 2008, 21(1);19-27
[PubMed:18093993] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J W Suh, S A Boylan, S H Oh, C W Price
Genetic and transcriptional organization of the Bacillus subtilis spc-alpha region.
Gene: 1996, 169(1);17-23
[PubMed:8635744] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)