FolE2

• Description: GTP cyclohydrolase IB, replaces FolE under conditions of zinc starvation
  
  

Gene name	folE2
Synonyms	yciA, folEB
Essential	no
Product	zinc-independent GTP cyclohydrolase IB
Function	biosynthesis of folate
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: folE2
MW, pI	34 kDa, 7.831
Gene length, protein length	915 bp, 305 aa
Immediate neighbours	nasA, yciB
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

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Zur regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03340

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: GTP + H₂O = formate + 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-(erythro-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl)-dihydropteridine triphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: GTP cyclohydrolase IV family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): activated by a variety of divalent cations PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: homotetrameric PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 3D1T PubMed

• UniProt: P94398

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.5.4.16

Expression and regulation

• Operon: folE2-yciB-yciC PubMed

• Expression browser: folE2 PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by zinc starvation (Zur) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Zur: transcription repression in the presence of zinc PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Banumathi Sankaran, Shilah A Bonnett, Kinjal Shah, Scott Gabriel, Robert Reddy, Paul Schimmel, Dmitry A Rodionov, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard, John D Helmann, Dirk Iwata-Reuyl, Manal A Swairjo
Zinc-independent folate biosynthesis: genetic, biochemical, and structural investigations reveal new metal dependence for GTP cyclohydrolase IB.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(22);6936-49
[PubMed:19767425] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Basma El Yacoubi, Shilah Bonnett, Jessica N Anderson, Manal A Swairjo, Dirk Iwata-Reuyl, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard
Discovery of a new prokaryotic type I GTP cyclohydrolase family.
J Biol Chem: 2006, 281(49);37586-93
[PubMed:17032654] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ahmed Gaballa, Tao Wang, Rick W Ye, John D Helmann
Functional analysis of the Bacillus subtilis Zur regulon.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(23);6508-14
[PubMed:12426338] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Gaballa, J D Helmann
Identification of a zinc-specific metalloregulatory protein, Zur, controlling zinc transport operons in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(22);5815-21
[PubMed:9811636] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)