DhbA

• Description: 2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxybenzoate dehydrogenase
  
  

Gene name	dhbA
Synonyms	entA
Essential	no
Product	2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxybenzoate dehydrogenase
Function	siderophore biosynthesis
MW, pI	27 kDa, 5.311
Gene length, protein length	783 bp, 261 aa
Immediate neighbours	dhbC, besA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU32000

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxybenzoate + NAD⁺ = 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate + NADH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P39071

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.3.1.28

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed unless the cells enter an iron starvation (Fur) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Fur: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Noel Baichoo, Tao Wang, Rick Ye, John D Helmann
Global analysis of the Bacillus subtilis Fur regulon and the iron starvation stimulon.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 45(6);1613-29
[PubMed:12354229] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tamara Hoffmann, Alexandra Schütz, Margot Brosius, Andrea Völker, Uwe Völker, Erhard Bremer
High-salinity-induced iron limitation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(3);718-27
[PubMed:11790741] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

N Bsat, J D Helmann
Interaction of Bacillus subtilis Fur (ferric uptake repressor) with the dhb operator in vitro and in vivo.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(14);4299-307
[PubMed:10400588] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R Adams, W Schumann
Cloning and mapping of the Bacillus subtilis locus homologous to Escherichia coli ent genes.
Gene: 1993, 133(1);119-21
[PubMed:8224884] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)