asbF

Gene

asbF

Protein

3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase

Organism

Bacillus anthracis

Length

280 amino acids

Function

Converts 3-dehydroshikimate to protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate), a biosynthetic unit required for the biosynthesis of petrobactin which is a virulence-associated siderophore produced by B.anthracis.

Mass

32.589 kDa

Sequence

MKYSLCTISFRHQLISFTDIVQFAYENGFEGIELWGTHAQNLYMQEYETTERELNCLKDKTLEITMISDYLDISLSADFEKTIEKCEQLAILANWFKTNKIRTFAGQKGSADFSQQERQEYVNRIRMICELFAQHNMYVLLETHPNTLTDTLPSTLELLGEVDHPNLKINLDFLHIWESGADPVDSFQQLRPWIQHYHFKNISSADYLHVFEPNNVYAAAGNRTGMVPLFEGIVNYDEIIQEVRDTDHFASLEWFGHNAKDILKAEMKVLTNRNLEVVTS

Protein

3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase: asbF