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* '''Description:''' Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, NAD-dependent, glycolytic enzyme <br/><br/>
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* '''Description:''' large subunit of glutamate synthase  <br/><br/>
  
 
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Gene name'''
 
|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Gene name'''
|''gapA''
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|''gltA''
 
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''Synonyms''' || '' ''
 
|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''Synonyms''' || '' ''
 
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''Essential''' || Yes [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17114254 (PubMed)]
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''Essential''' || no
 
|-
 
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''Product''' || glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''Product''' || glutamate synthase (large subunit)
 
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Function''' || catabolic enzyme in glycolysis
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Function''' || glutamate biosynthesis
 
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''MW, pI''' || 35.7 kDa, 5.03
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''MW, pI''' || 168 kDa, 5.47
 
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''Gene length, protein length''' || 1005 bp, 335 amino acids
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"| '''Gene length, protein length''' || 4560 bp, 1520 amino acids
 
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Immediate neighbours''' || ''[[cggR]]'', ''[[pgk]]''
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|style="background:#ABCDEF;" align="center"|'''Immediate neighbours''' || ''[[gltC]]'', ''[[gltB]]''
 
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|style="background:#FAF8CC;" align="center"|'''[http://subtiwiki.uni-goettingen.de/gapA_nucleotide.txt    Gene sequence      (+200bp)   ]'''  
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|style="background:#FAF8CC;" align="center"|'''[http://subtiwiki.uni-goettingen.de/gltA_nucleotide.txt    Gene sequence      (+200bp) ]'''  
|style="background:#FAF8CC;" align="center"|'''[http://subtiwiki.uni-goettingen.de/gapA_protein.txt Protein sequence]'''
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|style="background:#FAF8CC;" align="center"|'''[http://subtiwiki.uni-goettingen.de/gltA_protein.txt Protein sequence]'''
 
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|colspan="2" | '''Genetic context''' <br/> [[Image:gapA_context.gif]]
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|colspan="2" style="background:#FAF8CC;color:#FF0000" align="center" | '''Caution: The sequence for this gene in SubtiList contains errors
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|colspan="2" | '''Genetic context''' <br/> [[Image:gltA_context.gif]]
 
  <div align="right"> <small>This image was kindly provided by [http://genolist.pasteur.fr/SubtiList/ SubtiList]</small></div>
 
  <div align="right"> <small>This image was kindly provided by [http://genolist.pasteur.fr/SubtiList/ SubtiList]</small></div>
 
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=The gene=
 
=The gene=
  
 
=== Basic information ===
 
=== Basic information ===
  
* '''Coordinates:''' 3480732 - 3481736
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* '''Coordinates:''' 2009283 - 2013842
  
 
===Phenotypes of a mutant ===
 
===Phenotypes of a mutant ===
  
essential  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17114254 PubMed]
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auxotrophic for glutamate
  
 
=== Database entries ===
 
=== Database entries ===
  
* '''DBTBS entry:''' [http://dbtbs.hgc.jp/COG/prom/cggR-gapA-pgk-tpiA-pgm-eno.html]
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* '''DBTBS entry:''' [http://dbtbs.hgc.jp/COG/prom/gltAB.html]
  
* '''SubtiList entry:'''[http://genolist.pasteur.fr/SubtiList/genome.cgi?gene_detail+BG10827]
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* '''SubtiList entry:''' [http://genolist.pasteur.fr/SubtiList/genome.cgi?gene_detail+BG10811]
  
 
=== Additional information===
 
=== Additional information===
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=The protein=
 
=The protein=
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=== Basic information/ Evolution ===
 
=== Basic information/ Evolution ===
  
* '''Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:''' glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, (NADH-dependent). Catalyzes the reaction from glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate to 1.3-bi-phosphoglycerate. This reaction is part of the glycolysis.
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* '''Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:''' 2 L-glutamate + NADP(+) <=> L-glutamine + 2-oxoglutarate + NADPH
  
* '''Protein family:'''
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* '''Protein family:''' glutamate synthase family
  
* '''Paralogous protein(s):''' [[GapB]]
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* '''Paralogous protein(s):''' [[YerD]]
  
 
=== Extended information on the protein ===
 
=== Extended information on the protein ===
  
* '''Kinetic information:''' K(M) for NAD: 5.7 mM, K(cat) for NAD: 70/sec (determined for GapA from ''Geobacillus stearothermophilus'') [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/10799476 PubMed]
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* '''Kinetic information:'''
  
 
* '''Domains:'''  
 
* '''Domains:'''  
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** Glutamine amidotransferase type-2 domain (22-415)
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** Nucleotide binding domain (1060-1112)
  
* '''Modification:''' phosphorylation on (Ser-148 OR Ser-151 OR Thr-153 OR Thr-154) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17218307 PubMed], [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17726680 PubMed]
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* '''Modification:'''
  
* '''Cofactor(s):'''
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* '''Cofactor(s):''' 3Fe-4S, FAD, FMN
  
 
* '''Effectors of protein activity:'''
 
* '''Effectors of protein activity:'''
  
* '''Interactions:'''  
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* '''Interactions:'''
** GapA-[[PtsH]]: [[PtsH|HPr(Ser-46-P)]] binds GapA resulting in a slight inhibition of enzymatic activity.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17142398 PubMed]
 
** GapA-[[Crh]]: [[Crh|Crh(Ser-46-P)]] binds GapA resulting in a slight inhibition of enzymatic activity.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17142398 PubMed]
 
  
* '''Localization:''' Cytoplasm (Homogeneous) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/16479537 PubMed] [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/14600241 PubMed], loosely membrane associated [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18763711 PubMed]
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* '''Localization:''' membrane associated [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+18763711 PubMed], cytoplasm
  
 
=== Database entries ===
 
=== Database entries ===
  
* '''Structure:'''  
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* '''Structure:'''
** [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/cgi/explore.cgi?pdbId=3CMC 3CMC] (from ''Geobacillus stearothermophilus'')
 
** [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/cgi/explore.cgi?pdbId=1NQO 1NQO] (from ''Geobacillus stearothermophilus'', mutant with cys 149 replaced by ser, complex with NAD+ und D-Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate)
 
  
* '''Swiss prot entry:''' [http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/sprot-search-ac?P09124 P09124]
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* '''Swiss prot entry:''' [http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P39812]
  
* '''KEGG entry:''' [http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?bsu+BSU33940]
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* '''KEGG entry:''' [http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?bsu+BSU18450]
  
* '''E.C. number:''' [http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/get-enzyme-entry?1.2.1.12 1.2.1.12]
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* '''E.C. number:''' [http://www.expasy.org/enzyme/1.4.1.13]
  
 
=== Additional information===
 
=== Additional information===
  
GAP dehydrogenases from different sources (incl. ''Geobacillus stearothermophilus'') were shown to cleave RNA ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12359717 PubMed]). Moreover, mutations in ''gapA'' from ''B. subtilis'' can suppress mutations in genes involved in DNA replication ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17505547 PubMed]).
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subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+17981983 PubMed]
  
 
=Expression and regulation=
 
=Expression and regulation=
  
* '''Operon:'''  
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* '''Operon:''' ''[[gltA]]-[[gltB]]''
** ''[[cggR]]-[[gapA]]-[[pgk]]-[[tpi]]-[[pgm]]-[[eno]]''
 
** ''[[cggR]]-[[gapA]]''
 
 
 
The primary mRNAs of the operon are highly unstable. The primary mRNA is subject to processing at the very end of the ''[[cggR]]'' open reading frame. This results in stable mature ''[[gapA]]'' and ''[[gapA]]-[[pgk]]-[[tpiA]]-[[pgm]]-[[eno]]'' mRNAs. The processing event requires the [[Rny]] protein.
 
 
 
* '''Sigma factor:''' [[SigA]]
 
  
* '''Regulation:''' expression activated by glucose (10.69) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12850135 PubMed],  [[CggR]] represses the operon in the absence of glycolytic sugars [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+12622823 PubMed]
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* '''Sigma factor:''' [[SigA]]
  
* '''Regulatory mechanism:''' repression
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* '''Regulation:''' expression activated by glucose (11.21) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12850135 PubMed],  induced by sugar [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/14523131 PubMed], repressed by arginine [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/15150225 PubMed], ammonium required [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+11029411 PubMed]
  
* '''Database entries:''' [http://dbtbs.hgc.jp/COG/prom/cggR-gapA-pgk-tpiA-pgm-eno.html DBTBS]
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* '''Regulatory mechanism:''' Activator: [[GltC]] [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/2548995 PubMed]; Repressor: [[TnrA]] [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+11029411 PubMed], pos. regulated by a mutant form of [[GltR]] [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+9023181 PubMed]
  
* '''Additional information:''' GapA is one of the most abundant proteins in the cell. In the presence of glucose, there are about 25,000 GapA molecules per cell ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12634343 PubMed]).
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* '''Additional information:''' subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+17981983 PubMed]
  
 
=Biological materials =
 
=Biological materials =
  
* '''Mutant:''' essential
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* '''Mutant:''' GP807 (del ''gltAB''::''tet''), GP222 (''gltA'' under the control of p-xyl), available in [[Stülke]] lab
  
* '''Expression vector:''' pGP90 (N-terminal Strep-tag, purification from ''B. subtilis'', in [[pGP380]]), pGP704 (N-terminal His-tag, in [[pWH844]]) (available in [[Stülke]] lab)
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* '''Expression vector:'''
 
 
* '''lacZ fusion:''' pGP506 (in [[pAC7]]), pGP512 (in [[pAC6]]) (available in [[Stülke]] lab)
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* '''lacZ fusion:''' pGP526 (in [[pAC7]]), pGP919 (in [[pAC5]]), available in [[Stülke]] lab
  
 
* '''GFP fusion:'''
 
* '''GFP fusion:'''
  
* '''two-hybrid system:''' ''B. pertussis'' adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system ([[BACTH]]), available in [[Stülke]] lab
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* '''Antibody:'''
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=Labs working on this gene/protein=
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* '''Antibody:''' available in [[Stülke]] lab
 
  
=Labs working on this gene/protein=
 
  
[[Stephane Aymerich |Stephane Aymerich]], Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, INRA Paris-Grignon, France
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[[Linc Sonenshein|Linc Sonenshein]], Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA [http://www.tufts.edu/sackler/microbiology/faculty/sonenshein/index.html Homepage]
  
 
[[Stülke|Jörg Stülke]], University of Göttingen, Germany
 
[[Stülke|Jörg Stülke]], University of Göttingen, Germany
[http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~genmibio/stuelke.html homepage]
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[http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~genmibio/stuelke.html Homepage]
  
 
=Your additional remarks=
 
=Your additional remarks=
  
 
=References=
 
=References=
hier steht Paper  
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hier steht Paper
# Eymann et al. (2007) Dynamics of protein phosphorylation on Ser/Thr/Tyr in ''Bacillus subtilis''. ''Proteomics'' '''7:''' 3509-3526. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17726680 PubMed]
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# Yoshida K, et al. (2003) Identification of additional TnrA-regulated genes of Bacillus subtilis associated with a TnrA box. ''Mol Microbiol'' '''49(1):''' 157-65. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+12823818 PubMed]
# Meile et al. (2006) Systematic localisation of proteins fused to the green fluorescent protein in ''Bacillus subtilis'': identification of new proteins at the DNA replication factory ''Proteomics'' '''6:''' 2135-2146. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/16479537 PubMed]
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# Belitsky, B. R., and Sonenshein, A. L. (1995) Mutations in GltC that increase ''Bacillus subtilis gltA'' expression. J Bacteriol 177: 5696-5700.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/7559360 PubMed]
# Blencke, H.-M., Homuth, G., Ludwig, H., Mäder, U., Hecker, M. & Stülke, J. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab. Engn. 5: 133-149. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12850135 PubMed]
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# Belitsky, B. R., and Sonenshein, A. L. (2004) Modulation of activity of ''Bacillus subtilis'' regulatory proteins GltC and TnrA by glutamate dehydrogenase. J Bacteriol 186: 3399-3407.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/15150225 PubMed]
# Commichau, F. M., Rothe, F. M., Herzberg, C., Wagner, E., Hellwig, D., Lehnik-Habrink, M., Hammer, E., Völker, U. & Stülke, J. Novel activities of glycolytic enzymes in Bacillus subtilis: Interactions with essential proteins involved in mRNA processing. subm.
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# Bohannon, D. E., and Sonenshein, A. L. (1989) Positive regulation of glutamate biosynthesis in ''Bacillus subtilis''. J Bacteriol 171: 4718-4727.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/2548995 PubMed]
# Doan, T., and S. Aymerich. 2003. Regulation of the central glycolytic pathways in Bacillus subtilis: binding of the repressor CggR to its single DNA target sequence is modulated by fructose-1,6-bisphosphate. Mol. Microbiol. 47: 1709-1721. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12622823 PubMed]
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# Commichau, F. M., Wacker, I., Schleider, J., Blencke, H.-M., Reif, I., Tripal, P., and Stülke, J. (2007) Characterization of ''Bacillus subtilis'' mutants with carbon source-independent glutamate biosynthesis. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 12: 106-113. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17183217 PubMed]
# Evguenieva-Hackenberg, E., Schiltz, E., and Klug, G. (2002) Dehydrogenases from all three domains of life cleave RNA. J Biol Chem 277, 46145-46150. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12359717 PubMed]
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# Commichau, F. M., Herzberg, C., Tripal, P., Valerius, O., and Stülke, J. (2007) A regulatory protein-protein interaction governs glutamate biosynthesis in ''Bacillus subtilis'': The glutamate dehydrogenase RocG moonlights in controlling the transcription factor GltC. Mol Microbiol 65: 642-654. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17608797 PubMed]  
# Fillinger, S., Boschi-Muller, S., Azza, S., Dervyn, E., Branlant, G., and Aymerich, S. (2000) Two glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases with opposite physiological roles in a nonphotosynthetic bacterium. J Biol Chem 275, 14031-14037. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/10799476 PubMed]
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# Picossi, S., Belitsky, B. R., and Sonenshein, A. L. (2007) Molecular mechanism of the regulation of ''Bacillus subtilis gltAB'' expression by GltC. J Mol Biol 365: 1298-1313. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17134717 PubMed]
# Jannière, L., Canceill, D., Suski, C., Kanga, S., Dalmais, B., Lestini, R., Monnier, A. F., Chapuis, J., Bolotin, A., Titok, M., Le Chatelier, E., and Ehrlich, S. D. (2007) Genetic evidence for a link between glycolysis and DNA replication. PLoS ONE 2, e447. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17505547 PubMed]
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# Wacker, I., Ludwig, H., Reif, I., Blencke, H. M., Detsch, C., and Stülke, J. (2003) The regulatory link between carbon and nitrogen metabolism in ''Bacillus subtilis'': regulation of the ''gltAB'' operon by the catabolite control protein CcpA. Microbiology 149: 3001-3009.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/14523131 PubMed]
# Ludwig, H., Homuth, G., Schmalisch, M., Dyka, F. M., Hecker, M., and Stülke, J. (2001) Transcription of glycolytic genes and operons in ''Bacillus subtilis'': evidence for the presence of multiple levels of control of the ''gapA'' operon. Mol Microbiol 41, 409-422.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/11489127 PubMed]
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# Belitsky BR, Sonenshein AL (1997) Altered transcription activation specificity of a mutant form of Bacillus subtilis GltR, a LysR family member. J Bacteriol 179:1035-1043 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+11029411 PubMed]
# Ludwig, H., Rebhan, N., Blencke, H.-M., Merzbacher, M. & Stülke, J. (2002). Control of the glycolytic ''gapA'' operon by the catabolite control protein A in ''Bacillus subtilis'': a novel mechanism of CcpA-mediated regulation. Mol Microbiol 45, 543-553.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12123463 PubMed]
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# Belitsky, B. R., Wray, L. V., Jr., Fisher, S. H., Bohannon, D. E. & Sonenshein, A. L. (2000). Role of TnrA in nitrogen source-dependent repression of Bacillus subtilis glutamate synthase gene expression. J Bacteriol 182, 5939-5947. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+11029411 PubMed]
# Macek et al. (2007) The serine/ threonine/ tyrosine phosphoproteome of the model  bacterium ''Bacillus subtilis''. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 6: 697-707  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17218307 PubMed]
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# Commichau, F. M., Gunka, K., Landmann, J. J. & Stülke, J. (2008) Glutamate metabolism in Bacillus subtilis: Gene expression and enzyme activities evolved to avoid futile cycles and to allow rapid responses to perturbations in the system. J. Bacteriol. 190: 3557-3564. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+18326565 PubMed]
# Meinken, C., Blencke, H. M., Ludwig, H., and Stülke, J. (2003) Expression of the glycolytic ''gapA'' operon in ''Bacillus subtilis'': differential synthesis of proteins encoded by the operon. Microbiology 149, 751-761. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12634343 PubMed]
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# Gerth et al. (2008) Clp-dependent proteolysis down-regulates central metabolic pathways in glucose-starved Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 190:321-331 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+17981983 PubMed]
# Pompeo ''et al.'' (2007) Interaction of GapA with HPr and its homologue, Crh: Novel levels of regulation of a key step of glycolysis in ''Bacillus subtilis''? J Bacteriol 189, 1154-1157.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17142398 PubMed]
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# Hahne et al. (2008) From complementarity to comprehensiveness--targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches. Proteomics 8:4123-4136 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=+18763711 PubMed]
# Thomaides, H. B., Davison, E. J., Burston, L., Johnson, H., Brown, D. R., Hunt, A. C., Errington, J., and Czaplewski, L. (2007) Essential bacterial functions encoded by gene pairs. J Bacteriol 189, 591-602. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17114254 PubMed]
 
# Tobisch, S., Zühlke, D., Bernhardt, J., Stülke, J., and Hecker, M. (1999) Role of CcpA in regulation of the central pathways of carbon catabolism in ''Bacillus subtilis''. J Bacteriol 181, 6996-7004.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/10559165 PubMed]
 

Revision as of 18:08, 1 April 2009

  • Description: large subunit of glutamate synthase

Gene name gltA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product glutamate synthase (large subunit)
Function glutamate biosynthesis
MW, pI 168 kDa, 5.47
Gene length, protein length 4560 bp, 1520 amino acids
Immediate neighbours gltC, gltB
Gene sequence (+200bp) Protein sequence
Caution: The sequence for this gene in SubtiList contains errors
Genetic context
GltA context.gif
This image was kindly provided by SubtiList




The gene

Basic information

  • Coordinates: 2009283 - 2013842

Phenotypes of a mutant

auxotrophic for glutamate

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 L-glutamate + NADP(+) <=> L-glutamine + 2-oxoglutarate + NADPH
  • Protein family: glutamate synthase family
  • Paralogous protein(s): YerD

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
    • Glutamine amidotransferase type-2 domain (22-415)
    • Nucleotide binding domain (1060-1112)
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s): 3Fe-4S, FAD, FMN
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: membrane associated PubMed, cytoplasm

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • Swiss prot entry: [3]
  • KEGG entry: [4]
  • E.C. number: [5]

Additional information

subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: expression activated by glucose (11.21) PubMed, induced by sugar PubMed, repressed by arginine PubMed, ammonium required PubMed
  • Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant: GP807 (del gltAB::tet), GP222 (gltA under the control of p-xyl), available in Stülke lab
  • Expression vector:
  • GFP fusion:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Linc Sonenshein, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA Homepage

Jörg Stülke, University of Göttingen, Germany Homepage

Your additional remarks

References

hier steht Paper

  1. Yoshida K, et al. (2003) Identification of additional TnrA-regulated genes of Bacillus subtilis associated with a TnrA box. Mol Microbiol 49(1): 157-65. PubMed
  2. Belitsky, B. R., and Sonenshein, A. L. (1995) Mutations in GltC that increase Bacillus subtilis gltA expression. J Bacteriol 177: 5696-5700.PubMed
  3. Belitsky, B. R., and Sonenshein, A. L. (2004) Modulation of activity of Bacillus subtilis regulatory proteins GltC and TnrA by glutamate dehydrogenase. J Bacteriol 186: 3399-3407.PubMed
  4. Bohannon, D. E., and Sonenshein, A. L. (1989) Positive regulation of glutamate biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 171: 4718-4727.PubMed
  5. Commichau, F. M., Wacker, I., Schleider, J., Blencke, H.-M., Reif, I., Tripal, P., and Stülke, J. (2007) Characterization of Bacillus subtilis mutants with carbon source-independent glutamate biosynthesis. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 12: 106-113. PubMed
  6. Commichau, F. M., Herzberg, C., Tripal, P., Valerius, O., and Stülke, J. (2007) A regulatory protein-protein interaction governs glutamate biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: The glutamate dehydrogenase RocG moonlights in controlling the transcription factor GltC. Mol Microbiol 65: 642-654. PubMed
  7. Picossi, S., Belitsky, B. R., and Sonenshein, A. L. (2007) Molecular mechanism of the regulation of Bacillus subtilis gltAB expression by GltC. J Mol Biol 365: 1298-1313. PubMed
  8. Wacker, I., Ludwig, H., Reif, I., Blencke, H. M., Detsch, C., and Stülke, J. (2003) The regulatory link between carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the gltAB operon by the catabolite control protein CcpA. Microbiology 149: 3001-3009.PubMed
  9. Belitsky BR, Sonenshein AL (1997) Altered transcription activation specificity of a mutant form of Bacillus subtilis GltR, a LysR family member. J Bacteriol 179:1035-1043 PubMed
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