ProA

• Description: glutamate-5-semialdehyde dehydrogenase
  
  

Gene name	proA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	glutamate-5-semialdehyde dehydrogenase
Function	biosynthesis of proline
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Pro, Stress
MW, pI	45 kDa, 5.098
Gene length, protein length	1245 bp, 415 aa
Immediate neighbours	proB, ohrA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13130

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-glutamate 5-semialdehyde + phosphate + NADP⁺ = L-glutamyl 5-phosphate + NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1O20 (from Thermotoga maritima, 46% identity, 67% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: P39821

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 1.2.1.41

Expression and regulation

• Operon: proB-proA

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced by proline limitation (T-box) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • T-box: RNA switch, transcriptional antitermination PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, Tina M Henkin, Frank J Grundy, Charles Yanofsky, Enrique Merino
Biochemical features and functional implications of the RNA-based T-box regulatory mechanism.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2009, 73(1);36-61
[PubMed:19258532] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)