BioF

• Description: 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase
  
  

Gene name	bioF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase)
Function	biosynthesis of biotin
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Biotin
MW, pI	42 kDa, 6.285
Gene length, protein length	1167 bp, 389 aa
Immediate neighbours	bioD, bioA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of cofactors

This gene is a member of the following regulons

BirA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30220

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 6-carboxyhexanoyl-CoA + L-alanine = 8-amino-7-oxononanoate + CoA + CO₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: class-II pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase 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

• Structure:

• UniProt: P53556

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.47

Expression and regulation

• Operon: bioW-bioA-bioF-bioD-bioB-bioI-ytbQ PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of biotin (BirA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • BirA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original publications

J B Perkins, S Bower, C L Howitt, R R Yocum, J Pero
Identification and characterization of transcripts from the biotin biosynthetic operon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(21);6361-5
[PubMed:8892842] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Bower, J B Perkins, R R Yocum, C L Howitt, P Rahaim, J Pero
Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis biotin biosynthetic operon.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(14);4122-30
[PubMed:8763940] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)