RibU

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  • Description: riboflavin transporter

Gene name ribU
Synonyms ypaA
Essential no
Product riboflavin transporter
Function riboflavin uptake
MW, pI 20 kDa, 10.12
Gene length, protein length 570 bp, 190 aa
Immediate neighbours fer, ypzE
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YpaA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU23050

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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  • Modification:
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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation: expressed in the absence of FMN (FMN-box)
  • Regulatory mechanism: FMN-box: riboswitch, controls access of the ribosome to the Shine-Dalgarno sequence
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Christian Vogl, Simon Grill, Oliver Schilling, Jörg Stülke, Matthias Mack, Jürgen Stolz
Characterization of riboflavin (vitamin B2) transport proteins from Bacillus subtilis and Corynebacterium glutamicum.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(20);7367-75
[PubMed:17693491] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Wade C Winkler, Smadar Cohen-Chalamish, Ronald R Breaker
An mRNA structure that controls gene expression by binding FMN.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2002, 99(25);15908-13
[PubMed:12456892] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)