lipM
168
octanoyltransferase
Locus
BSU_24530
Molecular weight
32.09 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.93
Function
biosynthesis of lipoic acid
Product
octanoyltransferase
Essential
no
E.C.
2.3.1.181
Synonyms
lipM, yqhM
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0095 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
2,543,968 2,544,804
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
transfers the octanoyl moiety from octanoyl-acyl carrier protein to the lipoyl domains of the 2-oxoacid dehydrogenases via a thioester-linked octanoyl-LipM intermediate PubMed
L-lysyl-[protein] + octanoyl-[ACP] --> H+ + holo-[ACP] + N6-octanoyl-L-lysyl-[protein] (according to UniProt)
Protein family
octanoyltransferase LipM family (single member, according to UniProt)
BPL/LPL catalytic domain (aa 33-248) (according to UniProt)
Structure
3A7A (PDB) (from E. coli, 25% identity) PubMed
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-C469 (yqhM::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
References
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