BkdAA

• Description: 2-oxoisovalerate dehydrogenase (E1 alpha subunit)
  
  

Gene name	bkdAA
Synonyms	bfmBAA, bfmB1a, bkd
Essential	no
Product	2-oxoisovalerate dehydrogenase (E1 alpha subunit) (2-oxoisovalerate dehydrogenase alpha subunit) (EC 1.2.4.4)
Function	utilization of branched-chain keto acids
MW, pI	36 kDa, 4.778
Gene length, protein length	990 bp, 330 aa
Immediate neighbours	bkdAB, lpdV
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate + [dihydrolipoyllysine-residue (2-methylpropanoyl)transferase] lipoyllysine = [dihydrolipoyllysine-residue (2-methylpropanoyl)transferase] S-(2-methylpropanoyl)dihydrolipoyllysine + CO₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: BCKDHA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Interactions:

• Localization: Membrane-proximal (Spotty) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: BSU24050

• E.C. number: 1.2.4.4

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ptb-bcd-buk-lpdV-bkdAA-bkdAB-bkdB

• Sigma factor: SigL PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed