Buk

• Description: butyrate kinase
  
  

Gene name	buk
Synonyms	yqiU, bkd
Essential	no
Product	butyrate kinase
Function	utilization of branched-chain keto acids
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis, Ile, Leu, Val
MW, pI	39 kDa, 5.466
Gene length, protein length	1089 bp, 363 aa
Immediate neighbours	lpdV, bcd
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24070

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of amino acids

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + butanoate = ADP + butanoyl phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: acetokinase 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: 1X9J (from Thermotoga maritima, 52% identity, 69% similarity)

• UniProt: P54532

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.2.7

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ptb-bcd-buk-lpdV-bkdAA-bkdAB-bkdB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigL PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced in the presence of isoleucine or valine (BkdR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed
  • BkdR: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

M Nickel, G Homuth, C Böhnisch, U Mäder, T Schweder
Cold induction of the Bacillus subtilis bkd operon is mediated by increased mRNA stability.
Mol Genet Genomics: 2004, 272(1);98-107
[PubMed:15241682] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ken-ichi Yoshida, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Masaki Kinehara, Yo-hei Ohki, Yoshiko Nakaura, Yasutaro Fujita
Identification of additional TnrA-regulated genes of Bacillus subtilis associated with a TnrA box.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(1);157-65
[PubMed:12823818] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tanja Kaan, Georg Homuth, Ulrike Mäder, Julia Bandow, Thomas Schweder
Genome-wide transcriptional profiling of the Bacillus subtilis cold-shock response.
Microbiology (Reading): 2002, 148(Pt 11);3441-3455
[PubMed:12427936] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Debarbouille, R Gardan, M Arnaud, G Rapoport
Role of bkdR, a transcriptional activator of the sigL-dependent isoleucine and valine degradation pathway in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(7);2059-66
[PubMed:10094682] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)