TrpD

• Description: anthranilate phosphoribosyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	trpD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	anthranilate phosphoribosyltransferase
Function	biosynthesis of tryptophan
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: trpD
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phe, Tyr, Trp
MW, pI	35 kDa, 4.904
Gene length, protein length	1014 bp, 338 aa
Immediate neighbours	trpC, trpE
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

TRAP regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22670

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: N-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)-anthranilate + diphosphate = anthranilate + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: 2-oxoacid dehydrogenase 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:

• UniProt: P03947

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.4.2.18

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • aroF-aroB-aroH-trpE-trpD-trpC-trpF-trpB-trpA-hisC-tyrA-aroE (according to DBTBS)
  • trpE-trpD-trpC-trpF-trpB-trpA-hisC-tyrA-aroE PubMed

• Expression browser: trpD PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • trpE: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induction by tryptophan (TRAP) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • TRAP: binding to the mRNA in the presence of tryptophan, this results in transcription termination PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the mRNA is substantially stabilized upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Lehnik-Habrink M, Schaffer M, Mäder U, Diethmaier C, Herzberg C, Stülke J  
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y. 
Mol Microbiol. 2011 81(6): 1459-1473. 
PubMed:21815947

Gintaras Deikus, Paul Babitzke, David H Bechhofer
Recycling of a regulatory protein by degradation of the RNA to which it binds.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2004, 101(9);2747-51
[PubMed:14976255] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J Otridge, P Gollnick
MtrB from Bacillus subtilis binds specifically to trp leader RNA in a tryptophan-dependent manner.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1993, 90(1);128-32
[PubMed:8419914] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Babitzke, P Gollnick, C Yanofsky
The mtrAB operon of Bacillus subtilis encodes GTP cyclohydrolase I (MtrA), an enzyme involved in folic acid biosynthesis, and MtrB, a regulator of tryptophan biosynthesis.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(7);2059-64
[PubMed:1551827] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Shimotsu, M I Kuroda, C Yanofsky, D J Henner
Novel form of transcription attenuation regulates expression the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan operon.
J Bacteriol: 1986, 166(2);461-71
[PubMed:2422155] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D J Henner, L Band, H Shimotsu
Nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan operon.
Gene: 1985, 34(2-3);169-77
[PubMed:3924737] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Shimotsu, D J Henner
Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan promoter region.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1984, 81(20);6315-9
[PubMed:6436812] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)