Protein Domain : IPR016291

Type:  Family Name:  Isochorismatase
Description:  Iron is essential for growth in both bacteria and mammals. Controlling the amount of free iron in solution is often used as a tactic by hosts to limitinvasion of pathogenic microbes; binding iron tightly within protein molecules can accomplish this. Such iron-protein complexes include haem inblood, lactoferrin in tears/saliva and transferrin in blood plasma. Somebacteria express surface receptors to capture eukaryotic iron-binding compounds, while others have evolved siderophores to scavenge iron fromiron-binding host proteins [].The absence of free iron molecules in the surrounding environment triggers transcription of gene clusters that encode both siderophore-synthesis enzymes, and receptors that recognise iron-bound siderophores []. Classicexamples are the enterobactin/enterochelin clusters found in Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp., although similar moieties in other pathogens have been identified. The enzymic machinery that produces vibrionectin in Vibrio cholera is such a homologue [].EntB, an isochorismate enzyme, is involved in the second stage of enterobactin biosynthesis. It has a molecular weight of 35kDa, and is believed to possess bifunctional activity. Deletion studies involving EntB- mutants have shown that it is essential for virulence [].This group represents an isochorismatase. Short Name:  Isochorismatase

0 Child Features

2 Contains

DB identifier Type Name
IPR009081 Domain Acyl carrier protein-like
IPR000868 Domain Isochorismatase-like

2 Cross Referencess

Identifier
PIRSF001111
PR01398

0 Found In

1 GO Annotation

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0008908 IPR016291

1 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0008908 IPR016291

0 Parent Features

1 Proteins

DB identifier UniProt Accession Secondary Identifier Organism Name Length
24411 I0YTN2 PAC:27392125 Coccomyxa subellipsoidea C-169 278  

4 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            2521621
            2521622
            8057905
            9371453