LysC

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  • Description: aspartokinase II (alpha and beta subunits)

Gene name lysC
Synonyms ask, aecA
Essential no
Product aspartokinase II (alpha and beta subunits)
Function biosynthesis of lysine
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: lysC
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Lys, Thr
MW, pI 43 kDa, 4.643
Gene length, protein length 1224 bp, 408 aa
Immediate neighbours yslB, uvrC
Sequences Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

L-box

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU28470

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-aspartate = ADP + 4-phospho-L-aspartate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: aspartokinase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): DapG

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure: 2RE1 (from Neisseria meningitidis mc58, 40% identity, 58% similarity)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

  • subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed, also degraded upon ammonium or amino acid starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation:
    • repressed in the presence of lysine (L-box) PubMed
    • expression activated by glucose (5.4 fold) PubMed
    • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
    • L-box: a riboswich that mediates transcription terimnation antitermination control PubMed
  • Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed, also degraded upon ammonium or amino acid starvation PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Chien-Chi Lo, Carol A Bonner, Gary Xie, Mark D'Souza, Roy A Jensen
Cohesion group approach for evolutionary analysis of aspartokinase, an enzyme that feeds a branched network of many biochemical pathways.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2009, 73(4);594-651
[PubMed:19946135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original Publications

The L-box riboswitch


Other original Publications