BioF

• Description: 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase
  
  

Gene name	bioF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase)
Function	biosynthesis of biotin
MW, pI	42 kDa, 6.285
Gene length, protein length	1167 bp, 389 aa
Immediate neighbours	bioD, bioA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30220

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 6-carboxyhexanoyl-CoA + L-alanine = 8-amino-7-oxononanoate + CoA + CO₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: class-II pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase 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:

• Swiss prot entry: P53556

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.47

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

J B Perkins, S Bower, C L Howitt, R R Yocum, J Pero
Identification and characterization of transcripts from the biotin biosynthetic operon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(21);6361-5
[PubMed:8892842] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Bower, J B Perkins, R R Yocum, C L Howitt, P Rahaim, J Pero
Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis biotin biosynthetic operon.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(14);4122-30
[PubMed:8763940] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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