BacB

• Description: oxidase that catalyzes the synthesis of 2-oxo-3-(4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dienyl)propanoic acid, a precursor to L-anticapsin
  
  

Gene name	bacB
Synonyms	ywfC, ipa-81d
Essential	no
Product	oxidase
Function	biosynthesis of the antibiotic bacilysin
MW, pI	26 kDa, 5.193
Gene length, protein length	705 bp, 235 aa
Immediate neighbours	bacC, bacA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37730

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: synthesis of 2-oxo-3-(4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dienyl)propanoic acid, a precursor to L-anticapsin PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 3H7J PubMed

• UniProt: P39639

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: bacA-bacB-bacC-bacD-bacE-bacF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed
  • ScoC: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: