Organism
Bacillus subtilis (strain 168)
Function
Catalyzes the phosphorylation of the beta-carboxyl group of aspartic acid with ATP to yield 4-phospho-L-aspartate, which is involved in the branched biosynthetic pathway leading to the biosynthesis of amino acids threonine, isoleucine and methionine.
Similarity
Belongs to the aspartokinase family.
Sequence
MKVVKFGGSSLASGAQLDKVFHIVTSDPARKAVVVSAPGKHYAEDTKVTDLLIACAEQYLATGSAPELAEAVVERYALIANELQLGQSIIEKIRDDLFTLLEGDKSNPEQYLDAVKASGEDNNAKLIAAYFRYKGVKAEYVNPKDAGLFVTNEPGNAQVLPESYQNLYRLRERDGLIIFPGFFGFSKDGDVITFSRSGSDITGSILANGLQADLYENFTDVDAVYSVNPSFVENPKEISELTYREMRELSYAGFSVFHDEALIPAFRAGIPVQIKNTNNPSAEGTRVVSKRDNTNGPVVGIASDTGFCSIYISKYLMNREIGFGRRALQILEEHGLTYEHVPSGIDDMTIILRQGQMDAATERSVIKRIEEDLHADEVIVEHHLALIMVVGEAMRHNVGTTARAAKALSEAQVNIEMINQGSSEVSMMFGVKEAEERKAVQALYQEFFAGVLIS