function
biosynthesis of aspartate
product
aspartate transaminase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3|Amino acid/ nitrogen metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3.1|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids] → [category|SW 2.3.1.5|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of aspartate/ asparagine]Gene
Coordinates
2,347,660 2,348,841
Phenotypes of a mutant
auxotrophic for aspartate and asparagine [pubmed|29995990]lyses on DSM dporulation medium due to the inhibition of GltT-mediated Asp transport by glutamate and resulting depletion of meso-diaminopimelate [pubmed|29995990]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
2-oxoglutarate + L-aspartate --> L-glutamate + oxaloacetate (according to UniProt)Protein family
[SW|class-I pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family] (according to UniProt)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|62A9CD9AF72D0A48EC5ABC1585E2D8636D36D021|AlaT], [protein|094AE3AC8DFAFC8048ADAAB34F76DF2562D80CE7|PatA] [SW|Cofactors]
PLPStructure
[PDB|1J32] (from ''Phormidium lapideum'', 45% identity, 66% similarity)[SW|Localization]
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)additional information
belongs to the 100 [SW|most abundant proteins] [PubMed|15378759]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|08F907C6F47BDEB4DC9A9F136CDC6A4063AC0140|ypmA]-[gene|D3629004F3B54D11566AE15227174F9EB7784201|tseB]-[gene|AE802E1D4F827DED3A5D953C7D034E6A3554C45F|aspB]
description
[Pubmed|29995990,22383849]
view in new tabgenes
[gene|D3629004F3B54D11566AE15227174F9EB7784201|tseB]-[gene|AE802E1D4F827DED3A5D953C7D034E6A3554C45F|aspB]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
regulation
constitutiveview in new tabadditional information
the mRNA is cleaved by [protein|BAB297D18F94FFA67B8D12A684AB4D1BCDFB4981|RNase III] [PubMed|26883633]Biological materials
Mutant
BKE22370 ([gene|AE802E1D4F827DED3A5D953C7D034E6A3554C45F|aspB]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE22370 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CAACTTGAACTCCCCCTAAT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAACAGATCAAAAAGCGGCTBKK22370 ([gene|AE802E1D4F827DED3A5D953C7D034E6A3554C45F|aspB]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK22370 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CAACTTGAACTCCCCCTAAT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAACAGATCAAAAAGCGGCTReferences
15378759,28232482,26883633,29995990