YwaA

• Description: branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase
  
  

Gene name	ywaA
Synonyms	ipa-0r
Essential	no
Product	branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase
Function	biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ile, Leu, Val
MW, pI	40 kDa, 4.952
Gene length, protein length	1089 bp, 363 aa
Immediate neighbours	dltE, licH
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38550

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-leucine + 2-oxoglutarate = 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate + L-glutamate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: class-IV pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YbgE

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: S-cysteinylation after diamide stress (C104) PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P39576

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.6.1.42

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: