AnsA

• Description: L-asparaginase
  
  

Gene name	ansA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	L-asparaginase
Function	asparagine degradation
MW, pI	36 kDa, 4.455
Gene length, protein length	987 bp, 329 aa
Immediate neighbours	ansB, ansR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23580

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-asparagine + H₂O = L-aspartate + NH₃ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: asparaginase 1 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): AnsZ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P26900

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.5.1.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ansA-ansB

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

D Sun, P Setlow
Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis ansR gene, which encodes a repressor of the ans operon coding for L-asparaginase and L-aspartase.
J Bacteriol: 1993, 175(9);2501-6
[PubMed:8478318] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D X Sun, P Setlow
Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Bacillus subtilis ans operon, which codes for L-asparaginase and L-aspartase.
J Bacteriol: 1991, 173(12);3831-45
[PubMed:1711029] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)