IlvA

• Description: threonine dehydratase
  
  

Gene name	ilvA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	threonine dehydratase
Function	biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ile, Leu, Val
MW, pI	46 kDa, 5.538
Gene length, protein length	1266 bp, 422 aa
Immediate neighbours	ypmP, yplP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CodY regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU21770

Expression

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-threonine = 2-oxobutanoate + NH₃ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: ccmF/cycK/ccl1/nrfE/ccsA 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: P37946

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.3.1.19

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ilvA-ypmP PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion: pGP519 (in pAC5), available in Stülke lab

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: