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Structural highlights

Function

BIRA_ECOLI Acts both as a biotin--[acetyl-CoA-carboxylase] ligase and a biotin-operon repressor. In the presence of ATP, BirA activates biotin to form the BirA-biotinyl-5'-adenylate (BirA-bio-5'-AMP or holoBirA) complex. HoloBirA can either transfer the biotinyl moiety to the biotin carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP) subunit of acetyl-CoA carboxylase, or bind to the biotin operator site and inhibit transcription of the operon.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Evolutionary Conservation

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See Also

• Biotin Protein Ligase 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Eisenberg MA, Prakash O, Hsiung SC. Purification and properties of the biotin repressor. A bifunctional protein. J Biol Chem. 1982 Dec 25;257(24):15167-73. PMID:6129246
2. ↑ Cronan JE Jr. The E. coli bio operon: transcriptional repression by an essential protein modification enzyme. Cell. 1989 Aug 11;58(3):427-9. PMID:2667763
3. ↑ Xu Y, Beckett D. Kinetics of biotinyl-5'-adenylate synthesis catalyzed by the Escherichia coli repressor of biotin biosynthesis and the stability of the enzyme-product complex. Biochemistry. 1994 Jun 14;33(23):7354-60. PMID:8003500
4. ↑ Streaker ED, Beckett D. Coupling of protein assembly and DNA binding: biotin repressor dimerization precedes biotin operator binding. J Mol Biol. 2003 Jan 31;325(5):937-48. PMID:12527300 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022283602013086