Bcd

• Description: valine dehydrogenase, isoleucine dehydrogenase, L-leucine dehydrogenas
  
  

Gene name	bcd
Synonyms	bkd, yqiT
Essential	no
Product	valine dehydrogenase, isoleucine dehydrogenase, L-leucine dehydrogenas
Function	utilization of branched-chain keto acids
MW, pI	39 kDa, 4.942
Gene length, protein length	1092 bp, 364 aa
Immediate neighbours	buk, ptb
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-leucine + H₂O + NAD⁺ = 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate + NH₃ + NADH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Glu/Leu/Phe/Val dehydrogenases family (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:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: BSU24080

• E.C. number: 1.4.1.9

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ptb-bcd-buk-lpdV-bkdAA-bkdAB-bkdB

• Sigma factor: SigL PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

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