FolE

• Description: GTP cyclohydrolase I
  
  

Gene name	folE
Synonyms	mtrA
Essential	no
Product	GTP cyclohydrolase IA
Function	biosynthesis of folate
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phe, Tyr, Trp, Folate
MW, pI	21 kDa, 6.335
Gene length, protein length	570 bp, 190 aa
Immediate neighbours	mtrB, hbs
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22780

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of cofactors

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: GTP + H₂O = formate + 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-(erythro-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl)-dihydropteridine triphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: citrate synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): zinc-dependent enzyme PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 3D2O (enzyme from Neisseria gonorrhoeae) PubMed

• UniProt: P19465

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.5.4.16

Expression and regulation

• Operon: folE-mtrB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: constitutive PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Banumathi Sankaran, Shilah A Bonnett, Kinjal Shah, Scott Gabriel, Robert Reddy, Paul Schimmel, Dmitry A Rodionov, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard, John D Helmann, Dirk Iwata-Reuyl, Manal A Swairjo
Zinc-independent folate biosynthesis: genetic, biochemical, and structural investigations reveal new metal dependence for GTP cyclohydrolase IB.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(22);6936-49
[PubMed:19767425] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Basma El Yacoubi, Shilah Bonnett, Jessica N Anderson, Manal A Swairjo, Dirk Iwata-Reuyl, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard
Discovery of a new prokaryotic type I GTP cyclohydrolase family.
J Biol Chem: 2006, 281(49);37586-93
[PubMed:17032654] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Babitzke, P Gollnick, C Yanofsky
The mtrAB operon of Bacillus subtilis encodes GTP cyclohydrolase I (MtrA), an enzyme involved in folic acid biosynthesis, and MtrB, a regulator of tryptophan biosynthesis.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(7);2059-64
[PubMed:1551827] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Gollnick, S Ishino, M I Kuroda, D J Henner, C Yanofsky
The mtr locus is a two-gene operon required for transcription attenuation in the trp operon of Bacillus subtilis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1990, 87(22);8726-30
[PubMed:2123343] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)