CitB

• Description: aconitate hydratase (aconitase)
  
  

Gene name	citB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	aconitate hydratase (aconitase)
Function
MW, pI	99 kDa, 4.903
Gene length, protein length	2727 bp, 909 aa
Immediate neighbours
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

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• E.C. number: 4.2.1.3

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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Labs working on this gene/protein

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

Jörg Stülke, University of Göttingen, Germany Homepage

References

1. Rosenkrantz MS, Dingman DW, Sonenshein AL (1985) Bacillus subtilis citB gene is regulated synergistically by glucose and glutamine. J Bacteriol 164:155-164. PubMed
2. Jourlin-Castelli C, Mani N, Nakano MM, Sonenshein AL (2000) CcpC, a novel regulator of the LysR family required for glucose repression of the citB gene in Bacillus subtilis. J Mol Biol 295:865-878. PubMed
3. Alén C, Sonenshein AL (1999) Bacillus subtilis aconitase is an RNA-binding protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96:10412-10417. PubMed
4. Fisher SH, Magasanik B (1984) 2-Ketoglutarate and the regulation of aconitase and histidase formation Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 158:379-382. PubMed
5. Kim, H. J., S. I. Kim, M. Ratnayake-Lecamwasam, K. Tachikawa, A. L. Sonenshein, and M. Strauch. (2003) Complex regulation of the Bacillus subtilis aconitase gene. J. Bacteriol. 185:1672-1680. PubMed
6. Blencke, H.-M., Reif, I., Commichau, F. M., Detsch, C., Wacker, I., Ludwig, H. & Stülke, J. (2006) Regulation of citB expression in Bacillus subtilis: Integration of multiple metabolic signals in the citrate pool and by the general nitrogen regulatory system. Arch. Microbiol. 185: 136-146. PubMed
7. Serio, A. W., Pechter, K. B., and Sonenshein, A. L. (2006) Bacillus subtilis aconitase is required for efficient late-sporulation gene expression. J Bacteriol 188: 6396-6405. PubMed
8. Nakano MM, Zuber P, Sonenshein AL (1998) Anaerobic regulation of Bacillus subtilis Krebs cycle genes. J Bacteriol. 180: 3304-3311. PubMed
9. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed