NrdF

• Description: ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase (major subunit)
  
  

Gene name	nrdF
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase (major subunit)
Function	synthesis of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Purine salvage, Nucleotides (regulation)
MW, pI	38 kDa, 4.66
Gene length, protein length	987 bp, 329 aa
Immediate neighbours	nrdE, ymaB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of nucleotides, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ResD regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU17390

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2'-deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate + thioredoxin disulfide + H₂O = ribonucleoside diphosphate + thioredoxin (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase small chain family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YosP

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): Mn(2+) PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: NrdE-NrdF PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P50621

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: nrdI-nrdE-nrdF-ymaB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed under anaerobic conditions (ResD) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ResD: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Elisabeth Härtig, Braunschweig, Germany Homepage

References

Reviews

John Herrick, Bianca Sclavi
Ribonucleotide reductase and the regulation of DNA replication: an old story and an ancient heritage.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 63(1);22-34
[PubMed:17229208] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Original Publications

Additional publications: PubMed