FadB

• Description: 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase
  
  

Gene name	fadB
Synonyms	ysiB
Essential	no
Product	3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase
Function	fatty acid degradation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Fatty acid degradation
MW, pI	27 kDa, 4.951
Gene length, protein length	774 bp, 258 aa
Immediate neighbours	etfB, fadR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28540

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of lipids

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (3S)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA = trans-2(or 3)-enoyl-CoA + H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: enoyl-CoA hydratase/isomerase 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: 3PEA (from B. anthracis, 49% identity, 66% similarity)

• UniProt: P94549

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.2.1.17

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • lcfA-fadR-fadB-etfB-etfA PubMed
  • fadR-fadB-etfB-etfA PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • fadR: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by long-chain fatty acids (FadR) PubMed
  • repressed by glucose (3.8-fold) (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FadR: transcription repression PubMed
  • CcpA: transcription repression

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: