LysA

• Description: diaminopimelate decarboxylase
  
  

Gene name	lysA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	diaminopimelate decarboxylase
Function	biosynthesis of lysine
MW, pI	48 kDa, 5.007
Gene length, protein length	1317 bp, 439 aa
Immediate neighbours	ypuA, spoVAF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: Orn/Lys/Arg decarboxylase class-II family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P23630

• KEGG entry: BSU23380

• E.C. number: 4.1.1.20

Expression and regulation

• Operon: spoVAA-spoVAB-spoVAC-spoVAD-spoVAE-spoVAF-lysA

• Sigma factor: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed