PycA

• Description: pyruvate carboxylase
  
  

Gene name	pycA
Synonyms	ylaP
Essential	no
Product	pyruvate carboxylase
Function	replenishment of the oxaloacetate pool
MW, pI	127 kDa, 5.407
Gene length, protein length	3444 bp, 1148 aa
Immediate neighbours	ftsW, ctaA
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

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:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: membrane associated PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 3BG5 (S. aureus)

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 6.4.1.1

Additional information

subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ftsW-pycA

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

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

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Hahne et al. (2008) From complementarity to comprehensiveness - targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches. Proteomics 8: 4123-4136 PubMed# Hahne et al. (2008) From complementarity to comprehensiveness - targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches. Proteomics 8: 4123-4136 PubMed
2. Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed