2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase, third step in the MEP pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis
function
MEP pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis
product
2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.4|Lipid metabolism] → [category|SW 2.4.2|Biosynthesis of lipids] → [category|SW 2.4.2.3|Biosynthesis of isoprenoids][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.3|Coping with stress] → [category|SW 4.3.1|General stress proteins (controlled by SigB)][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.3|Coping with stress] → [category|SW 4.3.2|Cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y)][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.1|Essential genes]Gene
Coordinates
109,789 → 110,487
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential [Pubmed|12682299]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate + CTP + H+ --> 4-CDP-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol + diphosphate (according to UniProt)Protein family
cytidylyltransferase family (with [protein|8620DA76A1953D7ACDFA7E46ED81EF1A0D97999C|TagD] and [protein|B25AE6979AF12628780C4489FFED966C6B31968A|YfnH], according to UniProt)IspD/TarI cytidylyltransferase family (single member, according to UniProt)Structure
[PDB|5DDT] [Pubmed|27821871][PDB|5DDV] [Pubmed|27821871]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|179FDEA51A060DF32A3EA06A796793DE27B600FF|yacL]-[gene|CF9633F769263C6D16EE778F6BD2ECF1995F512A|ispD]-[gene|1A6793A3A5AC568C67873C8708E9F581F42AB9BA|ispF]
description
[Pubmed|10482513]
sigma factors
[protein|580011DE5DC40EC9E7E0512791D328FAA010DCB8|SigB]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|15805528], in [regulon|580011DE5DC40EC9E7E0512791D328FAA010DCB8|SigB regulon][protein|081DF3EE9FA56209D648C7677188C61CE3AA8E41|SigM]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|17434969], in [regulon|081DF3EE9FA56209D648C7677188C61CE3AA8E41|SigM regulon]regulation
induced by stress ([protein|search|SigB]) [Pubmed|15805528]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B881 (yacM::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/1880 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]References
15805528,10482513,17458547,17434969,23840410,21766403,27821871,29335298