TrpE

• Description: anthranilate synthase (subunit I)
  
  

Gene name	trpE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	anthranilate synthase (subunit I)
Function	biosynthesis of tryptophan
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phe, Tyr, Trp
MW, pI	57 kDa, 5.246
Gene length, protein length	1545 bp, 515 aa
Immediate neighbours	trpD, aroH
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22680

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Chorismate + L-glutamine = anthranilate + pyruvate + L-glutamate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: subject to feedback inhibtion by tryptophan PubMed

• Interactions: PabA-TrpE

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1I7Q (from Serratia marcescens, 42% identity, 62% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: P03963

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.1.3.27

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • aroF-aroB-aroH-trpE-trpD-trpC-trpF-trpB-trpA-hisC-tyrA-aroE (according to DBTBS)
  • trpE-trpD-trpC-trpF-trpB-trpA-hisC-tyrA-aroE PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • trpE: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induction by tryptophan ( TRAP) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • TRAP: binding to the mRNA in the presence of tryptophan, this results in transcription termination PubMed

• Additional information:
  • subject to feedback inhibtion by tryptophan PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Paul Babitzke, Carol S Baker, Tony Romeo
Regulation of translation initiation by RNA binding proteins.
Annu Rev Microbiol: 2009, 63;27-44
[PubMed:19385727] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Paul Gollnick, Paul Babitzke, Alfred Antson, Charles Yanofsky
Complexity in regulation of tryptophan biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis.
Annu Rev Genet: 2005, 39;47-68
[PubMed:16285852] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Other original publications

D J Henner, L Band, H Shimotsu
Nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan operon.
Gene: 1985, 34(2-3);169-77
[PubMed:3924737] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Shimotsu, D J Henner
Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan promoter region.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1984, 81(20);6315-9
[PubMed:6436812] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E W Nester, R A Jensen
Control of aromatic acid biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: sequenial feedback inhibition.
J Bacteriol: 1966, 91(4);1594-8
[PubMed:4956345] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)