ArgG

• Description: argininosuccinate synthase, reversible
  
  

Gene name	argG
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	argininosuccinate synthase, reversible
Function	biosynthesis of arginine
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ammonium/ glutamate
MW, pI	44 kDa, 5.028
Gene length, protein length	1209 bp, 403 aa
Immediate neighbours	argH, moaB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AhrC regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29450

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-citrulline + L-aspartate = AMP + diphosphate + N(omega)-(L-arginino)succinate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: S-cysteinylation after diamide stress (C187) PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1KH1 (from Thermus thermophilus, 44% identity, 65% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: O34347

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 6.3.4.5

Expression and regulation

• Operon: argG-argH

• Expression browser: argG PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • repressed by arginine (AhrC)

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AhrC: transcription repression

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Falko Hochgräfe, Jörg Mostertz, Dierk-Christoph Pöther, Dörte Becher, John D Helmann, Michael Hecker
S-cysteinylation is a general mechanism for thiol protection of Bacillus subtilis proteins after oxidative stress.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(36);25981-5
[PubMed:17611193] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Knut Büttner, Rüdiger Bode, Michael Hecker
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression modulated by amino acid availability.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(15);4288-95
[PubMed:12107147] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)