Difference between revisions of "HutU"

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=Expression and regulation=
 
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* '''Operon:''' ''[[hutP]]-[[hutH]]-[[hutU]]-[[hutI]]-[[hutG]]-[[hutM]]''  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/10746760 PubMed]
 
* '''Operon:''' ''[[hutP]]-[[hutH]]-[[hutU]]-[[hutI]]-[[hutG]]-[[hutM]]''  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/10746760 PubMed]
  
* '''[[Sigma factor]]:''' [[SigA]]
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* '''[[Sigma factor]]:''' [[SigA]] {{PubMed|8071225}}
  
 
* '''Regulation:'''  
 
* '''Regulation:'''  
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** repressed by glucose ([[CcpA]]) {{PubMed|8071225}}
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** induced by histidine ([[HutP]]) {{PubMed|8071225}}
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** repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids ([[CodY]]) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/8682780 PubMed]
  
 
* '''Regulatory mechanism:'''  
 
* '''Regulatory mechanism:'''  
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** [[CcpA]]: transcription repression {{PubMed|8071225}}
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** [[CodY]]: transcription repression [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/8682780 PubMed]
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** [[HutP]]: transcriptional antitermination at a protein-dependent [[RNA switch]] located between ''[[hutP]]'' and ''[[hutH]]'' {{PubMed|8071225}}
  
 
* '''Additional information:'''
 
* '''Additional information:'''
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=References=
 
=References=
  
<pubmed>16672620,, </pubmed>
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<pubmed>10746760 ,8071225, 8682780 </pubmed>
  
 
[[Category:Protein-coding genes]]
 
[[Category:Protein-coding genes]]

Revision as of 19:05, 8 February 2010

  • Description: urocanase

Gene name hutU
Synonyms
Essential no
Product urocanase
Function histidine utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
His
MW, pI 60 kDa, 5.664
Gene length, protein length 1656 bp, 552 aa
Immediate neighbours hutH, hutI
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
HutU context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU39360

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 3-(5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-3H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoate = urocanate + H2O (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: urocanase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed
    • induced by histidine (HutP) PubMed
    • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Izumi Ishio, Eishi Nagakawa, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Mami Yamamoto, Yasutaro Fujita
Systematic study of gene expression and transcription organization in the gntZ-ywaA region of the Bacillus subtilis genome.
Microbiology (Reading): 2000, 146 ( Pt 3);573-579
[PubMed:10746760] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S H Fisher, K Rohrer, A E Ferson
Role of CodY in regulation of the Bacillus subtilis hut operon.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(13);3779-84
[PubMed:8682780] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L V Wray, S H Fisher
Analysis of Bacillus subtilis hut operon expression indicates that histidine-dependent induction is mediated primarily by transcriptional antitermination and that amino acid repression is mediated by two mechanisms: regulation of transcription initiation and inhibition of histidine transport.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(17);5466-73
[PubMed:8071225] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)