LipM

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  • Description: octanoyltransferase

Gene name lipM
Synonyms yqhM
Essential no
Product octanoyltransferase
Function biosynthesis of lipoic acid
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: lipM
MW, pI 32 kDa, 5.934
Gene length, protein length 834 bp, 278 aa
Immediate neighbours mntR, yqhL
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
YqhM context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of cofactors

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU24530

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
    • transfers the octanoyl moiety from octanoyl-acyl carrier protein to the lipoyl domains of the 2-oxoacid dehydrogenases via a thioester-linked octanoyl-LipM intermediate PubMed
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation: induced by valine PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Quin H Christensen, John E Cronan
Lipoic acid synthesis: a new family of octanoyltransferases generally annotated as lipoate protein ligases.
Biochemistry: 2010, 49(46);10024-36
[PubMed:20882995] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)