Identification
Name:Biotin synthase
Synonyms:Not Available
Gene Name:bioB
Enzyme Class:
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in catalytic activity
Specific Function:Catalyzes the conversion of dethiobiotin (DTB) to biotin by the insertion of a sulfur atom into dethiobiotin via a radical- based mechanism
Cellular Location:Not Available
SMPDB Pathways:
KEGG Pathways:
KEGG Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Sulfur donor+2.0Thumb+2.0e-+2.0Thumb1.0Thumb+2.0Thumb+2.0Thumb
1.0Dethiobiotin + 1.0Sulfur donor + 2.0S-Adenosylmethionine + 2.0e- + 2.0Hydrogen ion ↔ 1.0Biotin + 2.0L-Methionine + 2.05'-Deoxyadenosine
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SMPDB Reactions:
1.0Thumb+2.0S-adenosyl-L-methionine+2.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+2.0Thumb+2.0Thumb
Complex Reactions:
1.0[2Fe-2S] iron-sulfur cluster+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0[2Fe-1S] desulfurated iron-sulfur cluster+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0[2Fe-2S] iron-sulfur cluster + 1.0S-Adenosylmethionine + 1.0Dethiobiotin → 1.0[2Fe-1S] desulfurated iron-sulfur cluster + 1.0Biotin + 1.05'-Deoxyadenosine + 1.0Hydrogen ion + 1.0L-Methionine
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Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB211745'-DeoxyadenosineMetaboCard
ECMDB24186a sulfurated [sulfur carrier]MetaboCard
ECMDB00030BiotinMetaboCard
ECMDB03581DethiobiotinMetaboCard
ECMDB21225Hydrogen ionMetaboCard
ECMDB03276Hydrogen sulfideMetaboCard
ECMDB00696L-MethionineMetaboCard
ECMDB01185S-AdenosylmethionineMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Function
binding
biotin synthase activity
catalytic activity
iron-sulfur cluster binding
metal cluster binding
sulfurtransferase activity
transferase activity
transferase activity, transferring sulfur-containing groups
Process
biotin biosynthetic process
biotin metabolic process
cellular metabolic process
cofactor metabolic process
metabolic process
small molecule metabolic process
vitamin metabolic process
water-soluble vitamin metabolic process
Gene Properties
Blattner:b0775
Gene OrientationClockwise
Centisome Percentage:17.43
Left Sequence End808567
Right Sequence End809607
Gene Sequence:
>1041 bp
ATGGCTCACCGCCCACGCTGGACATTGTCGCAAGTCACAGAATTATTTGAAAAACCGTTG
CTGGATCTGCTGTTTGAAGCGCAGCAGGTGCATCGCCAGCATTTCGATCCTCGTCAGGTG
CAGGTCAGCACGTTGCTGTCGATTAAGACCGGAGCTTGTCCGGAAGATTGCAAATACTGC
CCGCAAAGCTCGCGCTACAAAACCGGGCTGGAAGCCGAGCGGTTGATGGAAGTTGAACAG
GTGCTGGAGTCGGCGCGCAAAGCGAAAGCGGCAGGATCGACGCGCTTCTGTATGGGCGCG
GCGTGGAAGAATCCCCACGAACGCGATATGCCGTACCTGGAACAAATGGTGCAGGGGGTA
AAAGCGATGGGGCTGGAGGCGTGTATGACGCTGGGCACGTTGAGTGAATCTCAGGCGCAG
CGCCTCGCGAACGCCGGGCTGGATTACTACAACCACAACCTGGACACCTCGCCGGAGTTT
TACGGCAATATCATCACCACACGCACTTATCAGGAACGCCTCGATACGCTGGAAAAAGTG
CGCGATGCCGGGATCAAAGTCTGTTCTGGCGGCATTGTGGGCTTAGGCGAAACGGTAAAA
GATCGCGCCGGATTATTGCTGCAACTGGCAAACCTGCCGACGCCGCCGGAAAGCGTGCCA
ATCAACATGCTGGTGAAGGTGAAAGGCACGCCGCTTGCCGATAACGATGATGTCGATGCC
TTTGATTTTATTCGCACCATTGCGGTCGCGCGGATCATGATGCCAACCTCTTACGTGCGC
CTTTCTGCCGGACGCGAGCAGATGAACGAACAGACTCAGGCGATGTGCTTTATGGCAGGC
GCAAACTCGATTTTCTACGGTTGCAAACTGCTGACCACGCCGAATCCGGAAGAAGATAAA
GACCTGCAACTGTTCCGCAAACTGGGGCTAAATCCGCAGCAAACTGCCGTGCTGGCAGGG
GATAACGAACAACAGCAACGTCTTGAACAGGCGCTGATGACCCCGGACACCGACGAATAT
TACAACGCGGCAGCATTATGA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:346
Protein Molecular Weight:38648
Protein Theoretical pI:5
PDB File:1R30
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • None
Protein Sequence:
>Biotin synthase
MAHRPRWTLSQVTELFEKPLLDLLFEAQQVHRQHFDPRQVQVSTLLSIKTGACPEDCKYC
PQSSRYKTGLEAERLMEVEQVLESARKAKAAGSTRFCMGAAWKNPHERDMPYLEQMVQGV
KAMGLEACMTLGTLSESQAQRLANAGLDYYNHNLDTSPEFYGNIITTRTYQERLDTLEKV
RDAGIKVCSGGIVGLGETVKDRAGLLLQLANLPTPPESVPINMLVKVKGTPLADNDDVDA
FDFIRTIAVARIMMPTSYVRLSAGREQMNEQTQAMCFMAGANSIFYGCKLLTTPNPEEDK
DLQLFRKLGLNPQQTAVLAGDNEQQQRLEQALMTPDTDEYYNAAAL
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P12996
Uniprot Name:BIOB_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:85674758
PDB ID:1R30
Ecogene ID:EG10118
Ecocyc:EG10118
ColiBase:b0775
Kegg Gene:b0775
EchoBASE ID:EB0116
CCDB:BIOB_ECOLI
BacMap:16128743
General Reference:
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