NarG

From SubtiWiki
Revision as of 14:50, 16 May 2013 by 134.76.70.252 (talk)
Jump to: navigation, search
  • Description: nitrate reductase (alpha subunit)

Gene name narG
Synonyms
Essential no
Product nitrate reductase (alpha subunit)
Function nitrate respiration, nitrogen assimilation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: narG
MW, pI 138 kDa, 6.061
Gene length, protein length 3684 bp, 1228 aa
Immediate neighbours narH, arfM
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
NarG context.gif
This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed
NarG expression.png
























Categories containing this gene/protein

respiration, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Fnr regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU37280

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Nitrite + acceptor = nitrate + reduced acceptor (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: prokaryotic molybdopterin-containing oxidoreductase family (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:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed under anaerobic conditions (Fnr) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Heike Reents, Richard Münch, Thorben Dammeyer, Dieter Jahn, Elisabeth Härtig
The Fnr regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(3);1103-12
[PubMed:16428414] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M M Nakano, Y P Dailly, P Zuber, D P Clark
Characterization of anaerobic fermentative growth of Bacillus subtilis: identification of fermentation end products and genes required for growth.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(21);6749-55
[PubMed:9352926] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Cruz Ramos, L Boursier, I Moszer, F Kunst, A Danchin, P Glaser
Anaerobic transcription activation in Bacillus subtilis: identification of distinct FNR-dependent and -independent regulatory mechanisms.
EMBO J: 1995, 14(23);5984-94
[PubMed:8846791] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)