CypC

• Description: long chain-fatty acid beta-hydroxylating cytochrome P450, H(2)O(2)-dependent, hydroxylates myristic acid to beta-hydroxymyristic acid
  
  

Gene name	cypC
Synonyms	ybdT
Essential	no
Product	fatty acid beta-hydroxylating cytochrome P450
Function	biosynthesis of beta-hydroxy fatty acid
MW, pI	47 kDa, 6.468
Gene length, protein length	1251 bp, 417 aa
Immediate neighbours	ybxI, ybyB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

electron transport/ other, lipid metabolism/ other

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02100

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • hydroxylation of a long-chain fatty acid (e.g. myristic acid) at the alpha- and beta-positions using hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant PubMed

• Protein family: cytochrome P450 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: 2ZQJ PubMed

• UniProt: O31440

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cypC (according to DBTBS)

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation: induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

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Osami Shoji, Takashi Fujishiro, Shingo Nagano, Shota Tanaka, Takuya Hirose, Yoshitsugu Shiro, Yoshihito Watanabe
Understanding substrate misrecognition of hydrogen peroxide dependent cytochrome P450 from Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Inorg Chem: 2010, 15(8);1331-9
[PubMed:20697922] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Dirk Höper, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
Comprehensive characterization of the contribution of individual SigB-dependent general stress genes to stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(8);2810-26
[PubMed:15805528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dong-Sun Lee, Akari Yamada, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Isamu Matsunaga, Hisashi Ogura, Kosuke Ichihara, Shin-Ichi Adachi, Sam-Yong Park, Yoshitsugu Shiro
Substrate recognition and molecular mechanism of fatty acid hydroxylation by cytochrome P450 from Bacillus subtilis. Crystallographic, spectroscopic, and mutational studies.
J Biol Chem: 2003, 278(11);9761-7
[PubMed:12519760] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

I Matsunaga, A Ueda, N Fujiwara, T Sumimoto, K Ichihara
Characterization of the ybdT gene product of Bacillus subtilis: novel fatty acid beta-hydroxylating cytochrome P450.
Lipids: 1999, 34(8);841-6
[PubMed:10529095] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)