SpeD

• Description: S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase
  
  

Gene name	speD
Synonyms	ytcF
Essential	no
Product	S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase
Function	spermidine, polyamine biosynthesis
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	13 kDa, 4.768
Gene length, protein length	384 bp, 128 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytcG, gapB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29010

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: S-adenosyl-L-methionine = (5-deoxy-5-adenosyl)(3-aminopropyl)-methylsulfonium salt + CO₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: Type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O34426

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.1.1.50

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gapB-speD, speD

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

A Sekowska, J Y Coppée, J P Le Caer, I Martin-Verstraete, A Danchin
S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase of Bacillus subtilis is closely related to archaebacterial counterparts.
Mol Microbiol: 2000, 36(5);1135-47
[PubMed:10844697] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)