MetA

• Description: homoserine O-succinyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	metA
Synonyms	metB
Essential	no
Product	homoserine O-succinyltransferase
Function	biosynthesis of methionine
MW, pI	25 kDa, 6.414
Gene length, protein length	672 bp, 224 aa
Immediate neighbours	bsaA, ugtP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Succinyl-CoA + L-homoserine = CoA + O-succinyl-L-homoserine (according to Swiss-Prot) O(4)-succinyl-L-homoserine + L-cysteine = L-cystathionine + succinate (according to Swiss-Prot)

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P54167

• KEGG entry: BSU21910

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.46 8 2.5.1.48]

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

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References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed