NadB

• Description: L-aspartate oxidase
  
  

Gene name	nadB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	L-aspartate oxidase
Function	NAD biosynthesis
MW, pI	58 kDa, 6.445
Gene length, protein length	1593 bp, 531 aa
Immediate neighbours	nadC, nifS
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU27870

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-aspartate + O₂ = iminosuccinate + H₂O₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: NadB subfamily (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:

• Swiss prot entry: P38032

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.4.3.16

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of nicotinic acid (NadR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • NadR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Alessandra Albertini, University of Pavia, Italy homepage

References

Paola Rossolillo, Ilaria Marinoni, Elisa Galli, Anna Colosimo, Alessandra M Albertini
YrxA is the transcriptional regulator that represses de novo NAD biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(20);7155-60
[PubMed:16199587] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed