YkuQ

• Description: similar to tetrahydrodipicolinate succinylase
  
  

Gene name	ykuQ
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	similar to tetrahydrodipicolinate succinylase
Function	biosynthesis of lysine and peptidoglycan
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lys, Thr
MW, pI	24 kDa, 4.678
Gene length, protein length	708 bp, 236 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykuP, ykuR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14180

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Acetyl-CoA + (S)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate + H₂O = CoA + L-2-acetamido-6-oxoheptanedioate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: transferase hexapeptide repeat family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O34981

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.89

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: