CitA

• Description: minor citrate synthase
  
  

Gene name	citA
Synonyms	citA1
Essential	no
Product	minor citrate synthase
Function	unknown
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	40 kDa, 5.778
Gene length, protein length	1098 bp, 366 aa
Immediate neighbours	citR, yhdF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

poorly characterized/ putative enzymes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CitR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU09440

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Acetyl-CoA + H₂O + oxaloacetate = citrate + CoA (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: citrate synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): MmgD, CitZ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2C6X

• UniProt: P39119

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.3.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon: citA PubMed

• Expression browser: citA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism: CitR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP676 (erm), available in the Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

S Jin, A L Sonenshein
Transcriptional regulation of Bacillus subtilis citrate synthase genes.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(15);4680-90
[PubMed:8045899] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Jin, A L Sonenshein
Identification of two distinct Bacillus subtilis citrate synthase genes.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(15);4669-79
[PubMed:8045898] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)