hutH
168
histidase
Locus
BSU_39350
Molecular weight
55.51 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.22
Function
histidine utilization
Product
histidase
Essential
no
E.C.
4.3.1.3
Synonyms
hutH
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG2986 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
4,042,051 → 4,043,577
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
L-histidine --> NH4+ + trans-urocanate (according to Swiss-Prot)
Protein family
PAL/histidase family (single member, according to UniProt)
Structure
1B8F (PDB) (from Pseudomonas putida, 43% identity, 62% similarity) PubMed
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Description
Regulation
Regulatory mechanism
HutP: antitermination, at a protein-dependent RNA switch located between hutP and hutH PubMed, in hutP regulon
Sigma factors
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Biological materials
Mutant
GP4202 (hutH::spec), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
GP1114 (hutH::Tn10, spc), available in Stülke lab
References
Reviews
Regulation of the histidine utilization (hut) system in bacteria.
Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR. 2012 Sep; 76(3):565-84. doi:10.1128/MMBR.00014-12. PMID:22933560
Original Publications
Systematic study of gene expression and transcription organization in the gntZ-ywaA region of the Bacillus subtilis genome.
Microbiology (Reading, England). 2000 Mar; 146 ( Pt 3):573-9. . PMID:10746760
trans-acting factors affecting carbon catabolite repression of the hut operon in Bacillus subtilis.
Journal of bacteriology. 1999 May; 181(9):2883-8. . PMID:10217782
Role of CodY in regulation of the Bacillus subtilis hut operon.
Journal of bacteriology. 1996 Jul; 178(13):3779-84. . PMID:8682780
Analysis of Bacillus subtilis hut operon expression indicates that histidine-dependent induction is mediated primarily by transcriptional antitermination and that amino acid repression is mediated by two mechanisms: regulation of transcription initiation and inhibition of histidine transport.
Journal of bacteriology. 1994 Sep; 176(17):5466-73. . PMID:8071225
2-Ketoglutarate and the regulation of aconitase and histidase formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Journal of bacteriology. 1984 Apr; 158(1):379-82. . PMID:6143742
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