NifZ

• Description: NifS protein homolog, putative cysteine desulfurase
  
  

Gene name	nifZ
Synonyms	iscSB
Essential	no
Product	putative cysteine desulfurase
Function	thiamine biosynthesis
MW, pI	41 kDa, 6.34
Gene length, protein length	1143 bp, 381 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytbJ, braB
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29590

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): NifS, YrvO, Csd

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34874

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

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

Reviews

Christopher T Jurgenson, Tadhg P Begley, Steven E Ealick
The structural and biochemical foundations of thiamin biosynthesis.
Annu Rev Biochem: 2009, 78;569-603
[PubMed:19348578] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)