RocF

• Description: arginase
  
  

Gene name	rocF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	arginase
Function	arginine utilization
MW, pI	32 kDa, 4.932
Gene length, protein length	888 bp, 296 aa
Immediate neighbours	phrG, rocE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU40320

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-arginine + H₂O = L-ornithine + urea (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: arginase 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: P39138

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.5.3.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rocD-rocE-rocF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigL PubMed

• Regulation: induced by arginine (RocR, AhrC) PubMed, repressed by CodY PubMed
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: RocR, AhrC: transcription activation PubMed, CodY: transcription repression PubMed
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP655, aphA3, available in the Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Gardan R, Rapoport G, Débarbouillé M. (1995) Expression of the rocDEF operon involved in arginine catabolism in Bacillus subtilis. J Mol Biol. Jun 23;249(5): 843-56. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed