HepS
- Description: heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase component I
| Gene name | hepS |
| Synonyms | gerCA, hepA |
| Essential | yes PubMed |
| Product | heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase component I |
| Function | menaquinone biosynthesis |
| MW, pI | 28 kDa, 6.273 |
| Gene length, protein length | 753 bp, 251 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | menH, mtrB |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
biosynthesis of cofactors, essential genes
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU22760
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: All-trans-hexaprenyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + all-trans-heptaprenyl diphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: Methylisocitrate lyase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: P31112
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number: 2.5.1.30
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
