MtnD

• Description: 1,2,-dihydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentene dioxygenase
  
  

Gene name	mtnD
Synonyms	ykrZ
Essential	no
Product	1,2,-dihydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentene dioxygenase
Function	methionine salvage
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: mtnD
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Cys, Met & Sulfate assimilation
MW, pI	20 kDa, 4.408
Gene length, protein length	534 bp, 178 aa
Immediate neighbours	mtnB, ykvA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

S-box

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13620

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 1,2-dihydroxy-5-(methylthio)pent-1-en-3-one + O₂ = 3-(methylthio)propanoate + formate + CO (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: acireductone dioxygenase (ARD) 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:

• UniProt: O31669

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: mtnW-mtnX-mtnB-mtnD PubMed

• Expression browser: mtnD PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by casamino acids PubMed
  • induced by methionine starvation (S-box) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: S-box: transcription termination/ antitermination, the S-box riboswitch binds S-adenosylmethionine resulting in termination PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: