GabT

• Description: gamma-aminobutyrate transaminase, general stress protein
  
  

Gene name	gabT
Synonyms	ycnG
Essential	no
Product	gamma-aminobutyrate transaminase
Function	utilization of gamma-amino butyric acid
MW, pI	47 kDa, 5.304
Gene length, protein length	1308 bp, 436 aa
Immediate neighbours	gabR, gabD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03900

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 4-aminobutanoate + 2-oxoglutarate = succinate semialdehyde + L-glutamate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: class-III pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase 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: P94427

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.6.1.19

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

Boris R Belitsky
Bacillus subtilis GabR, a protein with DNA-binding and aminotransferase domains, is a PLP-dependent transcriptional regulator.
J Mol Biol: 2004, 340(4);655-64
[PubMed:15223311] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Boris R Belitsky, Abraham L Sonenshein
GabR, a member of a novel protein family, regulates the utilization of gamma-aminobutyrate in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 45(2);569-83
[PubMed:12123465] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)