SpeA

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  • Description: arginine decarboxylase

Gene name speA
Synonyms cad
Essential no
Product arginine decarboxylase
Function spermidine, polyamine biosynthesis
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Cys, Met & Sulfate assimilation
MW, pI 53 kDa, 5.081
Gene length, protein length 1470 bp, 490 aa
Immediate neighbours sr1, yktA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
SpeA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU14630

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-arginine = agmatine + CO2 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: Orn/Lys/Arg decarboxylase class-I family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): YaaO

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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  • Regulation:
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Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References