LeuD

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  • Description: 3-isopropylmalate dehydratase (small subunit)

Gene name leuD
Synonyms
Essential no
Product 3-isopropylmalate dehydratase (small subunit)
Function biosynthesis of leucine
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Ile, Leu, Val
MW, pI 22 kDa, 4.582
Gene length, protein length 597 bp, 199 aa
Immediate neighbours ysoA, leuC
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
LeuD context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

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

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU28250

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (2R,3S)-3-isopropylmalate = (2S)-2-isopropylmaleate + H2O (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: LeuD type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s): contains an iron-sulfur cluster
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure: 2PKP (from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii dsm 2661, 38% identity, 53% similarity)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

  • subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: for a complete overview on the regulation of the ilv operon, see Brinsmade et al.
    • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
    • expression is stimulated in the presence of glucose PubMed
    • repressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed
    • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed
    • less expressed under conditions of extreme iron limitation (FsrA) PubMed
  • Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References