DapG

• Description: aspartokinase I (alpha and beta subunits)
  
  

Gene name	dapG
Synonyms	lssD
Essential	no
Product	aspartokinase I (alpha and beta subunits)
Function	biosynthesis of lysine and peptidoglycan
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lys, Thr
MW, pI	42 kDa, 5.709
Gene length, protein length	1212 bp, 404 aa
Immediate neighbours	asd, dapA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16760

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-aspartate = ADP + 4-phospho-L-aspartate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: aspartokinase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): LysC

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: inhibited by diaminopimelic acid PubMed

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q04795

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.2.4

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • spoVFA-spoVFB-asd-dapG-dapA PubMed
  • asd-dapG-dapA PubMed

• Expression browser: dapG PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • spoVFA: SigK PubMed
  • asd: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: