LeuC

• Description: 3-isopropylmalate dehydratase (large subunit)
  
  

Gene name	leuC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	3-isopropylmalate dehydratase (large subunit)
Function	biosynthesis of leucine
MW, pI	52 kDa, 6.127
Gene length, protein length	1416 bp, 472 aa
Immediate neighbours	leuD, leuB
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

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Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ilvB-ilvH-ilvC-leuA-leuB-leuC-leuD

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by casamino acids PubMed , expressed in the absence of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA), expression is stimulated in the presence of glucose PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: glucose regulation: CcpA PubMed, repression by BCAA: tRNA-controlled RNA switch (T-box) that mediates termination/antitermination, transcription repression by CodY

• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

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References

1. Mäder et al. (2002) Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis of Bacillus subtilis Gene Expression Modulated by Amino Acid Availability. J. Bacteriol 184: 1844288-4295 PubMed
2. Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed