NasF

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  • Description: uroporphyrinogen methyltransferase

Gene name nasF
Synonyms nasBE
Essential no
Product uroporphyrinogen methyltransferase
Function nitrate respiration
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Alternative nitrogen sources
MW, pI 53 kDa, 6.523
Gene length, protein length 1449 bp, 483 aa
Immediate neighbours ycgT, nasE
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
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Categories containing this gene/protein

respiration, utilization of nitrogen sources other than amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Fur regulon, NsrR regulon, ResD regulon, TnrA regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU03280

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + uroporphyrinogen III = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + precorrin-1 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: precorrin methyltransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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  • Modification:
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  • Localization:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed
    • expressed under anaerobic conditions (ResD) PubMed
    • induced by nitric oxide under anaerobic conditions (NsrR) PubMed
    • induced by iron starvation (Fur) PubMed
  • 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