LipA

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  • Description: trigger enzyme: lipoic acid synthetase and regulator of comE operon expression

Gene name lipA
Synonyms yutB
Essential no
Product lipoic acid synthetase
Function lipid metabolism
MW, pI 33 kDa, 8.251
Gene length, protein length 894 bp, 298 aa
Immediate neighbours yutC, lytH
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU32330

Phenotypes of a mutant

reduced transformation efficiency PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protein N(6)-(octanoyl)lysine + 2 sulfur + 2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine = protein N(6)-(lipoyl)lysine + 2 L-methionine + 2 5'-deoxyadenosine (according to Swiss-Prot) Triacylglycerol + H2O = diacylglycerol + a carboxylate (according to Swiss-Prot) required for comEA transcription PubMed
  • Protein family: Lipoyl synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot) AB hydrolase superfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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  • Modification:
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  • Localization: extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
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  • Regulation:
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  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

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