HprT

• Description: trigger enzyme,hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase and part of a transcription activator
  
  

Gene name	hprT
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
Function	purine salvage and interconversion, control of ftsH expression
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: hprT
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: HprT
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Purine salvage, Purine synthesis, Nucleotides (regulation)
MW, pI	20 kDa, 4.603
Gene length, protein length	540 bp, 180 aa
Immediate neighbours	tilS, ftsH
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 nucleotides, transcription factors and their control, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y), essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigM regulon

The TilS-HprT regulon

• ftsH

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00680

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: IMP + diphosphate = hypoxanthine + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: purine/pyrimidine phosphoribosyltransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:
  • inhibition of enzymatic activity by (p)ppGpp during the ´stringent response´PubMed

• Interactions:
  • TilS-HprT, the complex activates transcription of ftsH PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1J7J (from Salmonella typhimurium, 51% identity, 73% similarity)

• UniProt: P37472

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.4.2.8

Expression and regulation

• Operon: tilS-hprT-ftsH PubMed

• Expression browser: hprT PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigM PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: