qdoI
168
Fe-containing quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase
Locus
BSU_39980
Molecular weight
37.43 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.56
Function
resistance to plant product quercetin
Product
Fe-containing quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase
Essential
no
Synonyms
qdoI, yxaG
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG1917 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
4,106,245 4,107,258
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
oxidation of the flavonol quercetin with dioxygen, cleaving the central heterocyclic ring and releasing CO
O2 + quercetin --> 2-(3,4-dihydroxybenzoyloxy)-4,6-dihydroxybenzoate + CO (according to UniProt)
Protein family
bicupin family
2 cupin 2 domains (aa 55 ... 110, aa 226 ... 281)
Mn(II) (preferred), but also active with Fe(II) snd Co(II) PubMed
Structure
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B684 (yxaG::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
References
Reviews
Catechol dioxygenases.
Essays in biochemistry. 1999; 34:173-89. . PMID:10730195
Exploring the catalytic mechanism of the extradiol catechol dioxygenases.
Biochemical Society transactions. 1997 Feb; 25(1):81-5. . PMID:9056848
Original Publications
DFT study of the mechanism of manganese quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase: quest for origins of enzyme unique nitroxygenase activity and regioselectivity.
Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 2016 Jul; 21(4):475-89. doi:10.1007/s00775-016-1356-9. PMID:27170159
Nitrosyl hydride (HNO) replaces dioxygen in nitroxygenase activity of manganese quercetin dioxygenase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011 Nov 22; 108(47):18926-31. doi:10.1073/pnas.1111488108. PMID:22084064
Excess production of Bacillus subtilis quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase affects cell viability in the presence of quercetin.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry. 2010; 74(5):1030-8. . PMID:20460727
Dual regulation of the Bacillus subtilis regulon comprising the lmrAB and yxaGH operons and yxaF gene by two transcriptional repressors, LmrA and YxaF, in response to flavonoids.
Journal of bacteriology. 2007 Jul; 189(14):5170-82. . PMID:17483215
Kinetic and spectroscopic studies on the quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase from Bacillus subtilis.
Biochemistry. 2006 Jan 24; 45(3):1009-16. . PMID:16411777
The crystal structure of a quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase from Bacillus subtilis suggests modulation of enzyme activity by a change in the metal ion at the active site(s).
Biochemistry. 2005 Jan 11; 44(1):193-201. . PMID:15628860
Bacillus subtilis LmrA is a repressor of the lmrAB and yxaGH operons: identification of its binding site and functional analysis of lmrB and yxaGH.
Journal of bacteriology. 2004 Sep; 186(17):5640-8. . PMID:15317768
Evidence for a new metal in a known active site: purification and characterization of an iron-containing quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase from Bacillus subtilis.
Protein expression and purification. 2004 May; 35(1):131-41. . PMID:15039076
Bacillus subtilis YxaG is a novel Fe-containing quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase.
FEBS letters. 2004 Jan 16; 557(1-3):45-8. . PMID:14741339
Cupins: the most functionally diverse protein superfamily?
Phytochemistry. 2004 Jan; 65(1):7-17. . PMID:14697267
Systematic study of gene expression and transcription organization in the gntZ-ywaA region of the Bacillus subtilis genome.
Microbiology (Reading, England). 2000 Mar; 146 ( Pt 3):573-9. . PMID:10746760
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