FabG

• Description: beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase
  
  

Gene name	fabG
Synonyms	ylpF
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase
Function	fatty acid biosynthesis
MW, pI	26 kDa, 8.091
Gene length, protein length	738 bp, 246 aa
Immediate neighbours	fabD, acpA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15910

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] + NADP⁺ = 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] + NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) 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: P51831

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.100

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed unless the cells experience a lack of malonyl-CoA (FapR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FapR: transcription repression PubMed

• 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