PdhB

• Description: pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1 beta subunit)
  
  

Gene name	pdhB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1 beta subunit)
Function	links glycolysis and TCA cycle
MW, pI	35 kDa, 4.547
Gene length, protein length	975 bp, 325 aa
Immediate neighbours	pdhA, pdhC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14590

Phenotypes of a mutant

• defects in sporulation and unable to grow on glucose as single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Pyruvate + [dihydrolipoyllysine-residue acetyltransferase] lipoyllysine = [dihydrolipoyllysine-residue acetyltransferase] S-acetyldihydrolipoyllysine + CO₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylation on (Ser-302 OR Ser-306) PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: PdhA-PdhB-PdhC-PdhD

• Localization: membrane associated PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 1W88 (E1 in complex with subunit binding domain of E2, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• Swiss prot entry: P21882

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.2.4.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pdhA-pdhB-pdhC-pdhD

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: expression activated by glucose (2.8 fold) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP459 (spc), available in Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Arthur Aronson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA homepage

References

Hannes Hahne, Susanne Wolff, Michael Hecker, Dörte Becher
From complementarity to comprehensiveness--targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches.
Proteomics: 2008, 8(19);4123-36
[PubMed:18763711] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Boris Macek, Ivan Mijakovic, Jesper V Olsen, Florian Gnad, Chanchal Kumar, Peter R Jensen, Matthias Mann
The serine/threonine/tyrosine phosphoproteome of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Cell Proteomics: 2007, 6(4);697-707
[PubMed:17218307] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

1. Blencke et al. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab Eng. 5: 133-149 PubMed
2. Macek et al. (2007) The serine/ threonine/ tyrosine phosphoproteome of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 6: 697-707 PubMed
3. Hahne et al. (2008) From complementarity to comprehensiveness - targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches. Proteomics 8: 4123-4136 PubMed
4. Gao et al. (2002) The E1beta and E2 subunits of the Bacillus subtilis pyruvate dehydrogenase complex are involved in regulation of sporulation.J. Bacteriol. 184: 2780-2788. PubMed
5. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed