TrpE

• Description: anthranilate synthase (subunit I)
  
  

Gene name	trpE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	anthranilate synthase (subunit I)
Function	biosynthesis of tryptophan
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phe, Tyr, Trp
MW, pI	57 kDa, 5.246
Gene length, protein length	1545 bp, 515 aa
Immediate neighbours	trpD, aroH
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22680

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Chorismate + L-glutamine = anthranilate + pyruvate + L-glutamate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: subject to feedback inhibition by tryptophan PubMed

• Interactions: PabA-TrpE

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P03963

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.1.3.27

Expression and regulation

• Operon: trpE-trpD-trpC-trpF-trpB-trpA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: induction by tryptophan ( TRAP) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: TRAP: binding to the mRNA in the presence of tryptophan, this results in transcription termination PubMed

• Additional information: subject to feedback inhibition by tryptophan PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Paul Gollnick, Paul Babitzke, Alfred Antson, Charles Yanofsky
Complexity in regulation of tryptophan biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis.
Annu Rev Genet: 2005, 39;47-68
[PubMed:16285852] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Gintaras Deikus, Paul Babitzke, David H Bechhofer
Recycling of a regulatory protein by degradation of the RNA to which it binds.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2004, 101(9);2747-51
[PubMed:14976255] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E Merino, P Babitzke, C Yanofsky
trp RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP)-trp leader RNA interactions mediate translational as well as transcriptional regulation of the Bacillus subtilis trp operon.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(22);6362-70
[PubMed:7592410] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Babitzke, J T Stults, S J Shire, C Yanofsky
TRAP, the trp RNA-binding attenuation protein of Bacillus subtilis, is a multisubunit complex that appears to recognize G/UAG repeats in the trpEDCFBA and trpG transcripts.
J Biol Chem: 1994, 269(24);16597-604
[PubMed:7515880] [WorldCat.org] (P p)

J Otridge, P Gollnick
MtrB from Bacillus subtilis binds specifically to trp leader RNA in a tryptophan-dependent manner.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1993, 90(1);128-32
[PubMed:8419914] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Babitzke, C Yanofsky
Reconstitution of Bacillus subtilis trp attenuation in vitro with TRAP, the trp RNA-binding attenuation protein.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1993, 90(1);133-7
[PubMed:7678334] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P Babitzke, P Gollnick, C Yanofsky
The mtrAB operon of Bacillus subtilis encodes GTP cyclohydrolase I (MtrA), an enzyme involved in folic acid biosynthesis, and MtrB, a regulator of tryptophan biosynthesis.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(7);2059-64
[PubMed:1551827] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M I Kuroda, D Henner, C Yanofsky
cis-acting sites in the transcript of the Bacillus subtilis trp operon regulate expression of the operon.
J Bacteriol: 1988, 170(7);3080-8
[PubMed:3133360] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Shimotsu, M I Kuroda, C Yanofsky, D J Henner
Novel form of transcription attenuation regulates expression the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan operon.
J Bacteriol: 1986, 166(2);461-71
[PubMed:2422155] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D J Henner, L Band, H Shimotsu
Nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan operon.
Gene: 1985, 34(2-3);169-77
[PubMed:3924737] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Shimotsu, D J Henner
Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan promoter region.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1984, 81(20);6315-9
[PubMed:6436812] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)