IlvB

• Description: acetolactate synthase (large subunit)
  
  

Gene name	ilvB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	acetolactate synthase (large subunit)
Function	biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ile, Leu, Val, Coenzyme A
MW, pI	62 kDa, 5.178
Gene length, protein length	1722 bp, 574 aa
Immediate neighbours	ilvH, ysnD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28310

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CodY regulon, CcpA regulon, TnrA regulon, T-box

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 pyruvate = 2-acetolactate + CO₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: TPP enzyme 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: 1N53 (T box RNA)

• UniProt: P37251

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.2.1.6

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ilvB-ilvH-ilvC-leuA-leuB-leuC-leuD PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: for a complete overview on the regulation of the ilv operon, see Brinsmade et al.
  • expression is stimulated in the presence of glucose (CcpA) PubMed
  • repressed under nitrogen limiting conditions (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • glucose regulation: CcpA PubMed
  • repression by BCAA: tRNA-controlled RNA switch (T-box) that mediates termination/antitermination
  • TnrA: transcription repression PubMed
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed1 PubMed2

• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP324, ilvB under control of pXyl (cat), available in Jörg Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion: pGP520 and pGP524 (both in pAC5), available in Stülke lab; pGP523 (in pAC6), available in Stülke lab

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Shaun R Brinsmade, Roelco J Kleijn, Uwe Sauer, Abraham L Sonenshein
Regulation of CodY activity through modulation of intracellular branched-chain amino acid pools.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(24);6357-68
[PubMed:20935095] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, Tina M Henkin, Frank J Grundy, Charles Yanofsky, Enrique Merino
Biochemical features and functional implications of the RNA-based T-box regulatory mechanism.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2009, 73(1);36-61
[PubMed:19258532] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Shigeo Tojo, Takenori Satomura, Kanako Kumamoto, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Molecular mechanisms underlying the positive stringent response of the Bacillus subtilis ilv-leu operon, involved in the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(18);6134-47
[PubMed:18641142] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Boris R Belitsky, Abraham L Sonenshein
Genetic and biochemical analysis of CodY-binding sites in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(4);1224-36
[PubMed:18083814] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Frank Wiegeshoff, Mohamed A Marahiel
Characterization of a mutation in the acetolactate synthase of Bacillus subtilis that causes a cold-sensitive phenotype.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2007, 272(1);30-4
[PubMed:17488331] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Shigeo Tojo, Takenori Satomura, Kaori Morisaki, Josef Deutscher, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Elaborate transcription regulation of the Bacillus subtilis ilv-leu operon involved in the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids through global regulators of CcpA, CodY and TnrA.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 56(6);1560-73
[PubMed:15916606] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Robert P Shivers, Abraham L Sonenshein
Bacillus subtilis ilvB operon: an intersection of global regulons.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 56(6);1549-59
[PubMed:15916605] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Shigeo Tojo, Takenori Satomura, Kaori Morisaki, Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Negative transcriptional regulation of the ilv-leu operon for biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids through the Bacillus subtilis global regulator TnrA.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(23);7971-9
[PubMed:15547269] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ulrike Mäder, Susanne Hennig, Michael Hecker, Georg Homuth
Transcriptional organization and posttranscriptional regulation of the Bacillus subtilis branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis genes.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(8);2240-52
[PubMed:15060025] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Yoshiko Nakaura, Robert P Shivers, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Richard Losick, Yasutaro Fujita, Abraham L Sonenshein
Additional targets of the Bacillus subtilis global regulator CodY identified by chromatin immunoprecipitation and genome-wide transcript analysis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(6);1911-22
[PubMed:12618455] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Holger Ludwig, Christoph Meinken, Anastasija Matin, Jörg Stülke
Insufficient expression of the ilv-leu operon encoding enzymes of branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis limits growth of a Bacillus subtilis ccpA mutant.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(18);5174-8
[PubMed:12193635] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Knut Büttner, Rüdiger Bode, Michael Hecker
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression modulated by amino acid availability.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(15);4288-95
[PubMed:12107147] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

F J Grundy, T M Henkin
Conservation of a transcription antitermination mechanism in aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and amino acid biosynthesis genes in gram-positive bacteria.
J Mol Biol: 1994, 235(2);798-804
[PubMed:8289305] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J A Grandoni, S A Zahler, J M Calvo
Transcriptional regulation of the ilv-leu operon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(10);3212-9
[PubMed:1577690] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)