HepT

• Description: heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase component II
  
  

Gene name	hepT
Synonyms	gerCC, hepB, gerC58
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase component II
Function	menaquinone biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: hepT
MW, pI	39 kDa, 6.279
Gene length, protein length	1044 bp, 348 aa
Immediate neighbours	ndk, menH
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of cofactors, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22740

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: All-trans-hexaprenyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + all-trans-heptaprenyl diphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): YqiD

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: P31114

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.5.1.30

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: hepT PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: