DapA

• Description: dihydrodipicolinate synthase
  
  

Gene name	dapA
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	dihydrodipicolinate synthase
Function	biosynthesis of lysine and peptidoglycan
MW, pI	30 kDa, 4.928
Gene length, protein length	870 bp, 290 aa
Immediate neighbours	dapG, rnjB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: DHDPS 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: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: Q04796

• KEGG entry: BSU16770

• E.C. number: 4.2.1.52

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed