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
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: hepS
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 This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of cofactors, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22760

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

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:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P31112

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.5.1.30

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: hepS PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: