HemD

• Description: uroporphyrinogen-III synthase
  
  

Gene name	hemD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	uroporphyrinogen-III synthase
Function	heme biosynthesis
MW, pI	28 kDa, 5.087
Gene length, protein length	786 bp, 262 aa
Immediate neighbours	hemB, hemC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28140

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydroxymethylbilane = uroporphyrinogen III + H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P21248

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.2.1.75

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the absence of hydrogen peroxide (PerR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PerR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

A F Herbig, J D Helmann
Roles of metal ions and hydrogen peroxide in modulating the interaction of the Bacillus subtilis PerR peroxide regulon repressor with operator DNA.
Mol Microbiol: 2001, 41(4);849-59
[PubMed:11532148] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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