HepT

• Description: heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase component II
  
  

Gene name	hepT
Synonyms	gerCC, hepB, gerC58
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase component II
Function	menaquinone biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: hepT
MW, pI	39 kDa, 6.279
Gene length, protein length	1044 bp, 348 aa
Immediate neighbours	ndk, menH
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of cofactors, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22740

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: All-trans-hexaprenyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + all-trans-heptaprenyl diphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): YqiD

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P31114

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.5.1.30

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: hepT PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

K Kobayashi, S D Ehrlich, A Albertini, G Amati, K K Andersen, M Arnaud, K Asai, S Ashikaga, S Aymerich, P Bessieres, F Boland, S C Brignell, S Bron, K Bunai, J Chapuis, L C Christiansen, A Danchin, M Débarbouille, E Dervyn, E Deuerling, K Devine, S K Devine, O Dreesen, J Errington, S Fillinger, S J Foster, Y Fujita, A Galizzi, R Gardan, C Eschevins, T Fukushima, K Haga, C R Harwood, M Hecker, D Hosoya, M F Hullo, H Kakeshita, D Karamata, Y Kasahara, F Kawamura, K Koga, P Koski, R Kuwana, D Imamura, M Ishimaru, S Ishikawa, I Ishio, D Le Coq, A Masson, C Mauël, R Meima, R P Mellado, A Moir, S Moriya, E Nagakawa, H Nanamiya, S Nakai, P Nygaard, M Ogura, T Ohanan, M O'Reilly, M O'Rourke, Z Pragai, H M Pooley, G Rapoport, J P Rawlins, L A Rivas, C Rivolta, A Sadaie, Y Sadaie, M Sarvas, T Sato, H H Saxild, E Scanlan, W Schumann, J F M L Seegers, J Sekiguchi, A Sekowska, S J Séror, M Simon, P Stragier, R Studer, H Takamatsu, T Tanaka, M Takeuchi, H B Thomaides, V Vagner, J M van Dijl, K Watabe, A Wipat, H Yamamoto, M Yamamoto, Y Yamamoto, K Yamane, K Yata, K Yoshida, H Yoshikawa, U Zuber, N Ogasawara
Essential Bacillus subtilis genes.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2003, 100(8);4678-83
[PubMed:12682299] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)