ArgJ
- Description: N-acetylglutamate synthase
| Gene name | argJ |
| Synonyms | argA, argE |
| Essential | no |
| Product | N-acetylglutamate synthase |
| Function | biosynthesis of arginine |
| MW, pI | 43 kDa, 4.703 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1218 bp, 406 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | argC, argB |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU11200
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine + L-glutamate = L-ornithine + N-acetyl-L-glutamate (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: argJ 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
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry: P36843
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number: 2.3.1.35
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulatory mechanism: AhrC: transcription repression
- 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
Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Knut Büttner, Rüdiger Bode, Michael Hecker
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression modulated by amino acid availability.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(15);4288-95
[PubMed:12107147]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
A Mountain, N H Mann, R N Munton, S Baumberg
Cloning of a Bacillus subtilis restriction fragment complementing auxotrophic mutants of eight Escherichia coli genes of arginine biosynthesis.
Mol Gen Genet: 1984, 197(1);82-9
[PubMed:6096675]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
