HemH
- Description: ferrochelatase
Gene name | hemH |
Synonyms | hemF |
Essential | no |
Product | ferrochelatase |
Function | heme biosynthesis |
MW, pI | 35 kDa, 4.617 |
Gene length, protein length | 930 bp, 310 aa |
Immediate neighbours | hemE, hemY |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU10130
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protoheme + 2 H+ = protoporphyrin + Fe2+ (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: ferrochelatase 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: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- UniProt: P32396
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation:
- 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
S Al-Karadaghi, M Hansson, S Nikonov, B Jönsson, L Hederstedt
Crystal structure of ferrochelatase: the terminal enzyme in heme biosynthesis.
Structure: 1997, 5(11);1501-10
[PubMed:9384565]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
M Hansson, L Hederstedt
Purification and characterisation of a water-soluble ferrochelatase from Bacillus subtilis.
Eur J Biochem: 1994, 220(1);201-8
[PubMed:8119288]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
M Hansson, L Hederstedt
Cloning and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis hemEHY gene cluster, which encodes protoheme IX biosynthetic enzymes.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(24);8081-93
[PubMed:1459957]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)