bacF
168
aminotransferase involved in bacilysin synthesis
Locus
BSU_37690
Molecular weight
44.54 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.35
Function
biosynthesis of the antibiotic bacilysin
Product
pyridoxal 5-phosphate-dependent stereospecific aminotransferase
Essential
no
E.C.
2.6.1.1
Synonyms
bacF, ywfG, ipa-85d
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0436 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
3,868,287 3,869,486
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
YwfG catalyzes transamination of tetrahydro-4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate (with L-Phe as amino donor), to form tetrahydrotyrosine PubMed
Protein family
class-I pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family (according to UniProt)
PLP
Structure
6L1L (PDB) (apo-protein) PubMed
6L1N (PDB) (substrate-bound) PubMed
6L1O (PDB) (product-bound) PubMed
2O1B (PDB) (from Staphylococcus aureus, 40% identity)
Paralogous protein(s)
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Description
Regulation
heterogeneous expression, percentage of expressing cells increases during colonization of plant roots PubMed
Regulatory mechanism
Sigma factors
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Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-A514 (ywfG::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
References
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