PutC

Gene name	putC
Synonyms	ycgN
Essential	no
Product	1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase
Function	proline utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: putC
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ammonium/ glutamate
MW, pI	56 kDa, 5.372
Gene length, protein length	1545 bp, 515 aa
Immediate neighbours	putB, putP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CodY regulon, PutR regulon, Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03210

Phenotypes of a mutant

• no growth with proline as single source of carbon or nitrogen PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (S)-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate + NAD(P)⁺ + 2 H₂O = L-glutamate + NAD(P)H (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: RocA subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): RocA, additional similar proteins: YfmT, AldY, YcbD, GabD, GbsA, DhaS, IolA, AldX, YwdH

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 3RJL (1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase from Bacillus licheniformis, 90% identity, 97% similarity)

• UniProt: P94391

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.5.1.12

Expression and regulation

• Operon: putB-putC-putP PubMed

• Expression browser: putC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced in the presence of proline (PutR) PubMed
  • expressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PutR: transcription activation PubMed
  • Spo0A: transcription activation PubMed
  • CodY: transcription repression, displacement of PutR PubMed

• Additional information:
  • overexpressed in a pnpA mutant PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications:PubMed

Boris R Belitsky
Indirect repression by Bacillus subtilis CodY via displacement of the activator of the proline utilization operon.
J Mol Biol: 2011, 413(2);321-36
[PubMed:21840319] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Gintaras Deikus, Paul Babitzke, David H Bechhofer
Recycling of a regulatory protein by degradation of the RNA to which it binds.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2004, 101(9);2747-51
[PubMed:14976255] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Yoshiko Nakaura, Robert P Shivers, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Richard Losick, Yasutaro Fujita, Abraham L Sonenshein
Additional targets of the Bacillus subtilis global regulator CodY identified by chromatin immunoprecipitation and genome-wide transcript analysis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(6);1911-22
[PubMed:12618455] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)