AnsA

• Description: L-asparaginase
  
  

Gene name	ansA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	L-asparaginase
Function	asparagine degradation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Asp, Asn
MW, pI	36 kDa, 4.455
Gene length, protein length	987 bp, 329 aa
Immediate neighbours	ansB, ansR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AnsR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23580

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-asparagine + H₂O = L-aspartate + NH₃ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: asparaginase 1 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): AnsZ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P26900

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.5.1.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ansA-ansB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed in the presence of asparagine (AnsR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AnsR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP1153 (del ansAB::erm) available in the Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion: pGP872 (in pAC5), available in Stülke lab

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Susan H Fisher, Lewis V Wray
Bacillus subtilis 168 contains two differentially regulated genes encoding L-asparaginase.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(8);2148-54
[PubMed:11914346] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D Sun, P Setlow
Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis ansR gene, which encodes a repressor of the ans operon coding for L-asparaginase and L-aspartase.
J Bacteriol: 1993, 175(9);2501-6
[PubMed:8478318] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D X Sun, P Setlow
Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Bacillus subtilis ans operon, which codes for L-asparaginase and L-aspartase.
J Bacteriol: 1991, 173(12);3831-45
[PubMed:1711029] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)