FadA
- Description: acetyl-CoA C-acyltransferase
| Gene name | fadA |
| Synonyms | yusK |
| Essential | no |
| Product | acetyl-CoA C-acyltransferase |
| Function | fatty acid degradation |
| MW, pI | 40 kDa, 5.184 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1173 bp, 391 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | fadE, fadN |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU32830
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Acyl-CoA + acetyl-CoA = CoA + 3-oxoacyl-CoA (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: thiolase 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:
- UniProt: O32177
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number: 2.3.1.16
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Yasutaro Fujita, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka
Regulation of fatty acid metabolism in bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 66(4);829-39
[PubMed:17919287]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Organization and function of the YsiA regulon of Bacillus subtilis involved in fatty acid degradation.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(8);5180-94
[PubMed:17189250]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
José E González-Pastor, Errett C Hobbs, Richard Losick
Cannibalism by sporulating bacteria.
Science: 2003, 301(5632);510-3
[PubMed:12817086]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
