FolC

• Description: folyl-polyglutamate synthetase
  
  

Gene name	folC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	folyl-polyglutamate synthetase
Function	biosynthesis of folate
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: tRNA charging, Folate
MW, pI	48 kDa, 5.806
Gene length, protein length	1290 bp, 430 aa
Immediate neighbours	comC, valS
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28080

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + tetrahydropteroyl-(gamma-Glu)(n) + L-glutamate = ADP + phosphate + tetrahydropteroyl-(gamma-Glu)(n+1) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: folylpolyglutamate 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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: Q05865

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 6.3.2.17

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: