IspF

• Description: 2-C-methyl-D-erythrol-2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase, 5th step in the MEP pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis
  
  

Gene name	ispF
Synonyms	yacN
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	2-C-methyl-D-erythrol-2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase
Function	MEP pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ispF
MW, pI	16 kDa, 5.398
Gene length, protein length	474 bp, 158 aa
Immediate neighbours	ispD, gltX
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 of lipids, general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00910

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2-phospho-4-(cytidine 5'-diphospho)-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol = 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate + CMP (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: ispF family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q06756

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.6.1.12

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yacL-ispD-ispF PubMed

• Expression browser: ispF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation: induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Mattijs K Julsing, Michael Rijpkema, Herman J Woerdenbag, Wim J Quax, Oliver Kayser
Functional analysis of genes involved in the biosynthesis of isoprene in Bacillus subtilis.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol: 2007, 75(6);1377-84
[PubMed:17458547] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dirk Höper, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
Comprehensive characterization of the contribution of individual SigB-dependent general stress genes to stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(8);2810-26
[PubMed:15805528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tracey L Campbell, Eric D Brown
Characterization of the depletion of 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(20);5609-18
[PubMed:12270818] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Petersohn, J Bernhardt, U Gerth, D Höper, T Koburger, U Völker, M Hecker
Identification of sigma(B)-dependent genes in Bacillus subtilis using a promoter consensus-directed search and oligonucleotide hybridization.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(18);5718-24
[PubMed:10482513] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)