PdhD

• Description: dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase E3 subunit of both pyruvate dehydrogenase and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complexes
  
  

Gene name	pdhD
Synonyms	citL
Essential	no
Product	dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase E3 subunit of both pyruvate dehydrogenase and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complexes
Function	links glycolysis and TCA cycle, enzyme in TCA cycle
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	49 kDa, 4.76
Gene length, protein length	1410 bp, 470 aa
Immediate neighbours	pdhC, slp
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14610

Phenotypes of a mutant

• defects in sporulation and unable to grow on glucose as single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protein N(6)-(dihydrolipoyl)lysine + NAD⁺ = protein N(6)-(lipoyl)lysine + NADH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: class-I pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information: Michaelis-Menten PubMed

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylated (Ser/Thr/Tyr) PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:
  • Inhibited thiamine 2-thiothiazolone diphosphate and NADH PubMed
  • Low sensibility to NADPH PubMed

• Interactions:
  • OdhA-OdhB-PdhD PubMed
  • PdhA-PdhB-PdhC-PdhD

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1EBD (complex with binding domain of dihydrolipoamide acetylase, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1EBD (complex with binding domain of dihydrolipoamide acetylase, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• UniProt: P21880

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.8.1.4

Expression and regulation

• • pdhA-pdhB-pdhC-pdhD PubMed
  • pdhC-pdhD PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • pdhA: SigA PubMed
  • pdhC: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • pdhA: expression activated by glucose (2.0-fold) PubMed
  • subject to negative stringent control upon amino acid limitation PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • stringent response: due to presence of guanine at +1 position of the transcript PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion: pGP723 (in pAC5), available in Stülke lab

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab

• Antibody: