CarB

• Description: carbamoyl-phosphate transferase-arginine subunit B)
  
  

Gene name	carB
Synonyms	cpa
Essential	no
Product	carbamoyl-phosphate transferase-arginine subunit B)
Function	biosynthesis of arginine
MW, pI	112 kDa, 4.712
Gene length, protein length	3090 bp, 1030 aa
Immediate neighbours	carA, argF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): PyrAB

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P18185

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: argC-argJ-argB-argD-carA-carB-argF

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by casamino acids PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Mäder et al. (2002) Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis of Bacillus subtilis Gene Expression Modulated by Amino Acid Availability. J. Bacteriol 184: 1844288-4295 PubMed
2. Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed