arginine decarboxylase, required for [SW|biofilm formation]
function
spermidine, polyamine biosynthesis
product
arginine decarboxylase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.6|Additional metabolic pathways] → [category|SW 2.6.6|Miscellaneous metabolic pathways] → [category|SW 2.6.6.6|Metabolism of polyamines][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1|Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1.2|Biofilm formation][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1|Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.1.2|Biofilm formation] → [category|SW 4.1.2.5|Other proteins required for biofilm formation]Gene
Coordinates
1,534,279 → 1,535,751
Phenotypes of a mutant
no [SW|biofilm formation] [Pubmed|24529384,20876533]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
H+ + L-arginine --> agmatine + CO2 (according to UniProt)Protein family
Orn/Lys/Arg decarboxylase class-I family (together with [protein|EEF3E572ED2F23581EB9B48D16B3112B886F7975|YaaO]) (according to UniProt)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|EEF3E572ED2F23581EB9B48D16B3112B886F7975|YaaO] [SW|Cofactors]
PLP (according to UniProt)Structure
[PDB|2X3L] (from Staphylococcus aureus, 28% identity) [pubmed|20419351][SW|Localization]
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|03E5E41FD7ADA4E9CB70E312FA5F163331C92695|speA]
description
[pubmed|22383849]
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Mutant
CS210 (''[gene|03E5E41FD7ADA4E9CB70E312FA5F163331C92695|speA]''::''aphA3'', available in [SW|Colin Harwood]'s and [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labs) [Pubmed|27197833]BKE14630 (Δ[gene|03E5E41FD7ADA4E9CB70E312FA5F163331C92695|speA]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE14630 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CAATTGTTTTCCCACCTTTG, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAAAAATAAAAAGCATGCGBKK14630 (Δ[gene|03E5E41FD7ADA4E9CB70E312FA5F163331C92695|speA]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK14630 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CAATTGTTTTCCCACCTTTG, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAAAAATAAAAAGCATGCGReferences
24529384,19255484,9723923,20876533,27197833,20419351