DapB

• Description: dihydrodipicolinate reductase (NADPH)
  
  

Gene name	dapB
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	dihydrodipicolinate reductase (NADPH)
Function	biosynthesis of lysine and peptidoglycan
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: dapB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lys, Thr
MW, pI	29 kDa, 5.057
Gene length, protein length	801 bp, 267 aa
Immediate neighbours	mgsA, ypjD
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22490

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2,3,4,5-tetrahydrodipicolinate + NAD(P)⁺ = 2,3-dihydrodipicolinate + NAD(P)H (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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Database entries

• Structure: 1YL6 (from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 46% identity, 67% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: P42976

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 1.3.1.26

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ypjD-dapB-mgsA-bshB1-bshA-cca-birA PubMed

• Expression browser: dapB PubMed

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: