RbsB

• Description: ribose ABC transporter (binding protein)
  
  

Gene name	rbsB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ribose ABC transporter (binding protein)
Function	ribose uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	32 kDa, 6.138
Gene length, protein length	915 bp, 305 aa
Immediate neighbours	rbsC, ywsB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35960

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: bacterial solute-binding protein 2 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P36949

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rbsR-rbsK-rbsD-rbsA-rbsC-rbsB

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation:
  • expressed upon transition into the stationary phase (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Birgit Voigt, Haike Antelmann, Dirk Albrecht, Armin Ehrenreich, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Stefan Evers, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Thomas Schweder, Michael Hecker
Cell physiology and protein secretion of Bacillus licheniformis compared to Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2009, 16(1-2);53-68
[PubMed:18957862] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

K Woodson, K M Devine
Analysis of a ribose transport operon from Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1994, 140 ( Pt 8);1829-38
[PubMed:7921236] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

1. Voigt et al. (2009) Cell physiology and protein secretion of Bacillus licheniformis compared to Bacillus subtilis. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol. 16: 53-68 PubMed
2. Woodson K, Devine KM. (1994) Analysis of a ribose transport operon from Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology. Aug;140 ( Pt 8): 1829-38. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed