ArgC

Gene name	argC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	N-acetyl-g-glutamyl-phosphate reductase
Function	biosynthesis of arginine
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: argC
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ammonium/ glutamate
MW, pI	37 kDa, 5.167
Gene length, protein length	1038 bp, 346 aa
Immediate neighbours	yitZ, argJ
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AhrC regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU11190

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: N-acetyl-L-glutamate 5-semialdehyde + NADP⁺ + phosphate = N-acetyl-5-glutamyl phosphate + NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

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:

• UniProt: P23715

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.2.1.38

Expression and regulation

• Operon: argC-argJ-argB-argD-carA-carB-argF PubMed

• Expression browser: argC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • repressed by arginine (AhrC) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AhrC: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: