FolB

• Description: dihydroneopterin aldolase
  
  

Gene name	folB
Synonyms	folA, yacE
Essential	no
Product	dihydroneopterin aldolase
Function	biosynthesis of folate
MW, pI	13 kDa, 5.228
Gene length, protein length	360 bp, 120 aa
Immediate neighbours	sul, folK
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00780

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-(D-erythro-1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl)-7,8-dihydropteridine = 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropteridine + glycolaldehyde (according to Swiss-Prot)

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P28823

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.1.2.25

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pabB-pabA-pabC-sul-folB-folK-yazB-yacF-lysS PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Antoine de Saizieu, Pierre Vankan, Cassandra Vockler, Adolphus P G M van Loon
The trp RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP) regulates the steady-state levels of transcripts of the Bacillus subtilis folate operon.
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 3);979-989
[PubMed:9084182] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)