PdhA

• Description: pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1 alpha subunit)
  
  

Gene name	pdhA
Synonyms	aceA
Essential	yes
Product	pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1 alpha subunit)
Function	links glycolysis and TCA cycle
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	41 kDa, 5.837
Gene length, protein length	1113 bp, 371 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykyA, pdhB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14580

Phenotypes of a mutant

• pdhA is essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

carbon core metabolism, essential genes

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Pyruvate + [dihydrolipoyllysine-residue acetyltransferase] lipoyllysine = [dihydrolipoyllysine-residue acetyltransferase] S-acetyldihydrolipoyllysine + CO₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information: Michaelis-Menten PubMed

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:
  • Inhibited thiamine 2-thiothiazolone diphosphate and NADH PubMed
  • Low sensibility to NADPH

• Interactions: PdhA-PdhB-PdhC-PdhD

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1W88 (E1 in complex with subunit binding domain of E2, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• UniProt: P21881

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.2.4.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pdhA-pdhB-pdhC-pdhD PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expression activated by glucose (3.4) PubMed
  • subject to negative stringent control upon amino acid limitation PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • stringent response: due to presence of guanine at +1 position of the transcript PubMed

• Additional information:
  • The mRNA has a long 5' leader region. This may indicate RNA-based regulation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion: pGP721 (in pAC5), available in Stülke lab, pGP186 (in pAC7), available in Stülke lab

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Arthur Aronson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA homepage