NadA

• Description: quinolinate synthetase
  
  

Gene name	nadA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	quinolinate synthetase
Function	NAD biosynthesis
MW, pI	41 kDa, 5.717
Gene length, protein length	1104 bp, 368 aa
Immediate neighbours	safA, nadC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Glycerone phosphate + iminosuccinate = pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate + 2 H₂O + phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Type 3 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: spore wall (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: Q9KWZ1

• KEGG entry: BSU27850

• E.C. number: 2.5.1.72

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Alessandra Albertini, University of Pavia, Italy homepage

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed