DapG

• Description: aspartokinase I (alpha and beta subunits)
  
  

Gene name	dapG
Synonyms	lssD
Essential	no
Product	aspartokinase I (alpha and beta subunits)
Function	biosynthesis of lysine and peptidoglycan
MW, pI	42 kDa, 5.709
Gene length, protein length	1212 bp, 404 aa
Immediate neighbours	asd, dapA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16760

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-aspartate = ADP + 4-phospho-L-aspartate (according to Swiss-Prot)

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: Q04795

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.2.4

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

N Y Chen, S Q Jiang, D A Klein, H Paulus
Organization and nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis diaminopimelate operon, a cluster of genes encoding the first three enzymes of diaminopimelate synthesis and dipicolinate synthase.
J Biol Chem: 1993, 268(13);9448-65
[PubMed:8098035] [WorldCat.org] (P p)