GntZ

• Description: 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
  
  

Gene name	gntZ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
Function	gluconate utilization
MW, pI	51 kDa, 4.756
Gene length, protein length	1404 bp, 468 aa
Immediate neighbours	gntP, ahpC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P12013

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.44

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gntR-gntK-gntP-gntZ

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA) , repressed by glucose (2.6 fold)

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

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Biological materials

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References

1. Fujita Y, Fujita T, Miwa Y, Nihashi J, Aratani Y. (1986) Organization and transcription of the gluconate operon, gnt, of Bacillus subtilis. J Biol Chem. Oct 15;261(29): 13744-53. PubMed
2. Reizer A., Deutscher J., Saier M.H. Jr., Reizer J. (1991) Analysis of the gluconate (gnt) operon of Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Microbiol. 5: 1081-1089. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed