Zwf
- Description: glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, pentose-phosphate pathway
Gene name | zwf |
Synonyms | yqjJ |
Essential | no |
Product | glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase |
Function | initiation of the pentose phosphate pathway |
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism | |
MW, pI | 55 kDa, 5.28 |
Gene length, protein length | 1467 bp, 489 aa |
Immediate neighbours | rnz, gndA |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU23850
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: D-glucose 6-phosphate + NADP+ = D-glucono-1,5-lactone 6-phosphate + NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information: Two Substrate Michaelis-Menten PubMed
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s): Mg2+, Mn2+, Ca2+
- Effectors of protein activity:
- NAD+, NADP+ and NADPH affect the enzyme kinetic PubMed
- Interactions:
- Localization:
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry: P54547
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number: 1.1.1.49
Additional information
The enzyme is a dimer PubMed
Expression and regulation
- Operon: zwf PubMed
- Regulation: constitutive PubMed
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References