CitG

• Description: fumarase
  
  

Gene name	citG
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	fumarate hydratase
Function	TCA cycle
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	50 kDa, 5.475
Gene length, protein length	1386 bp, 462 aa
Immediate neighbours	yuxN, gerAA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33040

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (S)-malate = fumarate + H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

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

• Paralogous protein(s): AnsB

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1YFE (E.coli)

• UniProt: P07343

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.2.1.2

Expression and regulation

• Operon: citG

• Sigma factor: SigA, SigH

• Regulation: constitutive

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP718 (spec), available in Stülke lab

• Expression vector:
  • pGP1122 (N-terminal Strep-tag, for SPINE, purification from B. subtilis, in pGP380) (available in Stülke lab)

• lacZ fusion: pGP387 (in pAC7), available in Stülke lab

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab

• Antibody:

References

K M Tatti, H L Carter, A Moir, C P Moran
Sigma H-directed transcription of citG in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1989, 171(11);5928-32
[PubMed:2509422] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)