RibH

• Description: riboflavin synthase (beta subunit)
  
  

Gene name	ribH
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	riboflavin synthase (beta subunit)
Function	riboflavin biosynthesis
MW, pI	16 kDa, 5.196
Gene length, protein length	462 bp, 154 aa
Immediate neighbours	ribT, ribA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23250

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 6,7-dimethyl-8-(1-D-ribityl)lumazine = riboflavin + 4-(1-D-ribitylamino)-5-amino-2,6-dihydroxypyrimidine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: DMRL synthase 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:

Database entries

• Structure: 1RVV

• UniProt: P11998

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.5.1.9

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ypuE-ribD-ribE-ribA-ribH-ribT PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigK PubMed, SigA PubMed

• Regulation: expressed in the absence of FMN (FMN-box) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: FMN-box: riboswitch, mediates termination/ antitermination control of the operon, in the absence of FMN: antitermination, in the presence of FMN: termination PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: