HemN

• Description: anaerobic coproporphyrinogen III oxidase
  
  

Gene name	hemN
Synonyms	yqeR
Essential	no
Product	anaerobic coproporphyrinogen III oxidase
Function	heme biosynthesis
MW, pI	41 kDa, 5.534
Gene length, protein length	1098 bp, 366 aa
Immediate neighbours	hrcA, lepA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Coproporphyrinogen-III + 2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine = protoporphyrinogen-IX + 2 CO₂ + 2 L-methionine + 2 5'-deoxyadenosine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: anaerobic coproporphyrinogen III oxidase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): HemZ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Modification:

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• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P54304

• KEGG entry: BSU25500

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: lepA-hemN PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information: There is a terminator between lepA and hemN with only little readthrough

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