FadN

• Description: 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (acetoacetyl-CoA)
  
  

Gene name	fadN
Synonyms	yusL
Essential	no
Product	3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (acetoacetyl-CoA)
Function	fatty acid degradation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: fadN
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: fadN
MW, pI	89 kDa, 6.53
Gene length, protein length	2445 bp, 815 aa
Immediate neighbours	fadA, yuzL
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of lipids, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, FadR regulon, SdpR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU32840

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU32840

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (S)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA + NAD⁺ = 3-oxoacyl-CoA + NADH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU32840

• Structure:

• UniProt: O32178

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.35

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • fadM-fadN-fadA-fadE PubMed
  • fadN-fadA-fadE PubMed

• Expression browser: fadN PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • fadN: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • fadN: induced by long-chain fatty acids (FadR) PubMed
  • fadN: subject to carbon catabolite repression (CcpA-HPr(Ser-P) PubMed
  • strongly induced in response to glucose starvation in M9 medium PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FadR: transcription repression PubMed
  • SdpR: transcription activation PubMed
  • CcpA-HPr(Ser-P): transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Imke G de Jong, Jan-Willem Veening, Oscar P Kuipers
Single cell analysis of gene expression patterns during carbon starvation in Bacillus subtilis reveals large phenotypic variation.
Environ Microbiol: 2012, 14(12);3110-21
[PubMed:23033921] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Shigeo Tojo, Takenori Satomura, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Catabolite repression of the Bacillus subtilis FadR regulon, which is involved in fatty acid catabolism.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(10);2388-95
[PubMed:21398533] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Yasutaro Fujita, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka
Regulation of fatty acid metabolism in bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 66(4);829-39
[PubMed:17919287] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Organization and function of the YsiA regulon of Bacillus subtilis involved in fatty acid degradation.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(8);5180-94
[PubMed:17189250] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

José E González-Pastor, Errett C Hobbs, Richard Losick
Cannibalism by sporulating bacteria.
Science: 2003, 301(5632);510-3
[PubMed:12817086] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)