HemC

• Description: hydroxymethylbilane synthase
  
  

Gene name	hemC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	hydroxymethylbilane synthase
Function	heme biosynthesis
MW, pI	34 kDa, 5.088
Gene length, protein length	942 bp, 314 aa
Immediate neighbours	hemD, hemX
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: 4 porphobilinogen + H₂O = hydroxymethylbilane + 4 NH₃ (according to Swiss-Prot)

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P16616

• KEGG entry: BSU28150

• E.C. number: 2.5.1.61

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed