RocD

• Description: ornithine transaminase
  
  

Gene name	rocD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ornithine transaminase
Function	arginine, ornithine and citrulline utilization
MW, pI	43 kDa, 4.894
Gene length, protein length	1203 bp, 401 aa
Immediate neighbours	rocE, rocR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

• Operon: rocD-rocE-rocF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigL PubMed

• Regulation: induced by arginine (RocR, AhrC) PubMed, repressed by CodY PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: RocR, AhrC: transcription activation PubMed, CodY: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP656, aphA3, available in the Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Gardan R, Rapoport G, Débarbouillé M. (1995) Expression of the rocDEF operon involved in arginine catabolism in Bacillus subtilis. J Mol Biol. Jun 23;249(5): 843-56. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed