PurF

• Description: glutamine phosphoribosyldiphosphate amidotransferase
  
  

Gene name	purF
Synonyms	purB
Essential	no
Product	glutamine phosphoribosyldiphosphate amidotransferase
Function	purine biosynthesis
MW, pI	51 kDa, 5.873
Gene length, protein length	1428 bp, 476 aa
Immediate neighbours	purL, purM
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 5-phospho-beta-D-ribosylamine + diphosphate + L-glutamate = L-glutamine + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate + H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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Database entries

• Structure: 1GPH, 1AO0 (complex with ADP and GMP)

• Swiss prot entry: P00497

• KEGG entry: BSU06490

• E.C. number: 2.4.2.14

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed