PdhC

• Description: pyruvate dehydrogenase (dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase E2 subunit)
  
  

Gene name	pdhC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	pyruvate dehydrogenase (dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase E2 subunit)
Function	links glycolysis and TCA cycle
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	47 kDa, 4.855
Gene length, protein length	1326 bp, 442 aa
Immediate neighbours	pdhB, pdhD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14600

Phenotypes of a mutant

• defects in sporulation and unable to grow on glucose as single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

carbon core metabolism, membrane proteins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Acetyl-CoA + enzyme N(6)-(dihydrolipoyl)lysine = CoA + enzyme N(6)-(S-acetyldihydrolipoyl)lysine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: lipoyl-binding domain (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information: Michaelis-Menten PubMed

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylated (Ser/Thr/Tyr) PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:
  • Inhibited thiamine 2-thiothiazolone diphosphate and NADH PubMed
  • Low sensibility to NADPH

• Interactions: PdhA-PdhB-PdhC-PdhD

• Localization: membrane associated PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 1W88 (E1 in complex with subunit binding domain of E2, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 2PDE (peripheral subunit binding domain, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1LAC (lipoyl domain, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1B5S (catalytic domain (residues 184-425) , Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
• UniProt: P21883

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.12 2

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • pdhA-pdhB-pdhC-pdhD PubMed
  • pdhC-pdhD PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • pdhA: SigA PubMed
  • pdhC: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • pdhA: expression activated by glucose (1.9-fold) PubMed
  • subject to negative stringent control upon amino acid limitation PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • stringent response: due to presence of guanine at +1 position of the transcript PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Arthur Aronson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA homepage

References

Original publications

Shigeo Tojo, Kanako Kumamoto, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Heavy involvement of stringent transcription control depending on the adenine or guanine species of the transcription initiation site in glucose and pyruvate metabolism in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(6);1573-85
[PubMed:20081037] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hannes Hahne, Susanne Wolff, Michael Hecker, Dörte Becher
From complementarity to comprehensiveness--targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches.
Proteomics: 2008, 8(19);4123-36
[PubMed:18763711] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Christine Eymann, Dörte Becher, Jörg Bernhardt, Katrin Gronau, Anja Klutzny, Michael Hecker
Dynamics of protein phosphorylation on Ser/Thr/Tyr in Bacillus subtilis.
Proteomics: 2007, 7(19);3509-26
[PubMed:17726680] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Haichun Gao, Xin Jiang, Kit Pogliano, Arthur I Aronson
The E1beta and E2 subunits of the Bacillus subtilis pyruvate dehydrogenase complex are involved in regulation of sporulation.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(10);2780-8
[PubMed:11976308] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M M Nakano, Y P Dailly, P Zuber, D P Clark
Characterization of anaerobic fermentative growth of Bacillus subtilis: identification of fermentation end products and genes required for growth.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(21);6749-55
[PubMed:9352926] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P N Lowe, J A Hodgson, R N Perham
Dual role of a single multienzyme complex in the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate and branched-chain 2-oxo acids in Bacillus subtilis.
Biochem J: 1983, 215(1);133-40
[PubMed:6414463] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)