FolE

• Description: GTP cyclohydrolase I
  
  

Gene name	mtrA
Synonyms	folE
Essential	no
Product	GTP cyclohydrolase I
Function	biosynthesis of folate
MW, pI	21 kDa, 6.335
Gene length, protein length	570 bp, 190 aa
Immediate neighbours	mtrB, hbs
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22780

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: GTP + H₂O = formate + 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-(erythro-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl)-dihydropteridine triphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: citrate synthase 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: P19465

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.5.4.16

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: