CtaO

• Description: heme O synthase (minor enzyme)
  
  

Gene name	ctaO
Synonyms	yjdK
Essential	no
Product	heme O synthase (minor enzyme)
Function	heme biosynthesis
MW, pI	36 kDa, 10.121
Gene length, protein length	987 bp, 329 aa
Immediate neighbours	yjdJ, cotT
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of cofactors, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU12080

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: Protoheme IX farnesyltransferase subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): CtaB

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31652

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

M Throne-Holst, L Hederstedt
The Bacillus subtilis ctaB paralogue, yjdK, can complement the heme A synthesis deficiency of a CtaB-deficient mutant.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2000, 183(2);247-51
[PubMed:10675592] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)