SpoVFA

• Description: dipicolinate synthase (subunit A)
  
  

Gene name	spoVFA
Synonyms	dpaA
Essential	no
Product	dipicolinate synthase (subunit A)
Function	dipicolic acid production
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: spoVFA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lys, Thr
MW, pI	31 kDa, 5.889
Gene length, protein length	891 bp, 297 aa
Immediate neighbours	ymxH, spoVFB
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16730

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2RIR

• UniProt: Q04809

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: spoVFA-spoVFB-asd-dapG-dapA PubMed

• Expression browser: spoVFA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed late during sporulation in the mother cell (SigK) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: