ArgB

• Description: N-acetylglutamate 5-phosphotransferase
  
  

Gene name	argB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	N-acetylglutamate 5-phosphotransferase
Function	biosynthesis of arginine
MW, pI	27 kDa, 6.214
Gene length, protein length	774 bp, 258 aa
Immediate neighbours	argJ, argD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + N-acetyl-L-glutamate = ADP + N-acetyl-L-glutamate 5-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: acetylglutamate kinase 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

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P68729

• KEGG entry: BSU11210

• E.C. number: 2.7.2.8

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: argC-argJ-argB-argD-carA-carB-argF

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by casamino acids PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Mäder et al. (2002) Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis of Bacillus subtilis Gene Expression Modulated by Amino Acid Availability. J. Bacteriol 184: 1844288-4295 PubMed
2. Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed