SpeB

• Description: agmatinase
  
  

Gene name	speB
Synonyms	ywhG
Essential	no
Product	agmatinase
Function	spermidine, polyamine biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: speB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Cys, Met & Sulfate assimilation
MW, pI	32 kDa, 4.768
Gene length, protein length	870 bp, 290 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywhH, speE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37490

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Agmatine + H₂O = putrescine + urea (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Agmatinase subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P70999

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.5.3.11

Expression and regulation

• Operon: speE-speB PubMed

• Expression browser: speB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

A Sekowska, P Bertin, A Danchin
Characterization of polyamine synthesis pathway in Bacillus subtilis 168.
Mol Microbiol: 1998, 29(3);851-8
[PubMed:9723923] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)