AroF

• Description: chorismate synthase
  
  

Gene name	aroF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	chorismate synthase
Function	biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phe, Tyr, Trp
MW, pI	40 kDa, 6.578
Gene length, protein length	1107 bp, 369 aa
Immediate neighbours	aroB, cheR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22710

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 5-O-(1-carboxyvinyl)-3-phosphoshikimate = chorismate + phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: acetokinase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Modification:

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• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 2O11 (from Mycobacterium tuberculosis h37rv mutant, 42% identity, 58% similarity)

• UniProt: P31104

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 4.2.3.5

Expression and regulation

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

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

S O Hoch
Mapping of the 5-methyltryptophan resistance locus in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1974, 117(1);315-7
[PubMed:4202998] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)